Hardy T. Far from the Madding Crowd / Thomas Hardy ; retold by Clare West. — Second edition Third impression 2001. — Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. — 104 p. audio cassette — (Oxford Bookworms Library) Stage 5.
Анотація: Bathsheda Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marryany man she chooses if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a mans world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destoy lives...