Far from the Madding Crowd cover art

Far from the Madding Crowd

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy
Narrated by: Martin Shaw
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £11.19

Buy Now for £11.19

About this listen

Hardy’s classic ‘pastoral tale’ of wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, the faithful shepherd, the lonely widower and the dashing but faithless soldier.

An immediate success when it was first published in 1874, Thomas Hardy’s ‘pastoral tale’ of the wilful and capricious Bathsheba Everdene, her three suitors – the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, the lonely widower Farmer Boldwood, and the dashing but faithless Sergeant Troy – and the tragic consequences of her eventual choice remains one of the most enduring and popular English novels.

 Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Victorian
All stars
Most relevant
Nice reading of a classic tale, though it weirdly doesn’t sound very much like Martin Shaw.

Very good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An evocative story of complicated love, about woman determined to stand on her own two feet in the world of men, delivered by the beautiful voice of Martin Shaw.

The beautiful voice and delivery of Martin Shaw.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.