Graced with the splendid illustrations executed by Helen Paterson for the first edition of the novel, this special Collector's Edition of Far from the Madding Crowd also features handwritten letters and drawings by Hardy, as well as rare and intimate portraits of the author and his first wife, Emma. Here, too, readers are granted a fascinating and touching glimpse of how two great imaginative writers interact with one another: This edition reproduces the handwritten pages from Virginia Woolf's diary in which she recounts her now-famous visit with the very aged Thomas Hardy at his home, Max Gate, in 1926. 《远离尘嚣》是英格兰伟大的小说家哈代的代表作。书中的主人公加布里埃尔经营着一个小农场，他对前来帮工的巴思喜巴小姐一见倾心，向她求婚却遭拒绝。一场突如其来的变故致使他倾家荡产，流落他乡。当他来到威瑟伯农场，他惊喜地发现农场主就是他朝思暮想的巴思喜巴小姐，不过这次他却成了巴思喜巴小姐的仆人。 巴思喜巴的女佣范妮和中士特罗伊相恋，并定下婚约。范妮走错了教堂，特罗伊拒绝举行第二次婚礼。邻居博尔德伍德疯狂地爱着巴思喜巴小姐，而巴思喜巴小姐却醉心于特罗伊，并在不明真相的情况下和他闪电般地结了婚。加布里埃尔和巴思喜巴小姐的关系若即若离。博尔德伍德在冲动中杀死了特罗伊，自己也被送进了法院。在巴思喜...