Thomas Hardy: Far From The Madding Crowd [2022] hardback OSPRE Arlo Knott develops the mysterious

Arlo Knott develops the mysterious ability to reverse his last action

think and cry

occasionally OTT and often very funny - a novel that both deftly parodies the genre and pays fond homage to it

she weaves a sensual web of deceit across New York

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy

Thomas Hardy: Far From The Madding Crowd [2022] hardback OSPRE Arlo Knott develops the mysteriousFar from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love. It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was ' the past was yesterday; never, the day after', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman farmer, Mr