Far from the Madding Crowd

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What Wikipedia says

Far from the Madding Crowd is the fourth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy; and his first major literary success. It was published on 23 November 1874. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership.

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Image: Thomas Hardy; Smith, Elder & Co (Life time: 1928), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.