Book Trailers: 'Far From the Madding Crowd' by Thomas Hardy

January 6, 2015 Natalie Morath

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Official Trailer (2015) starring Carey Mulligan, Martin Sheen ► Download App (iOs): http://goo.gl/EyzIaF ► Download App (Android): http://goo.gl/AOLpgm ► Click to Subscribe: http://goo.gl/8WxGeD Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan), who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy (Tom Sturridge), a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), a prosperous and mature bachelor.

I do not need cajoling to read Thomas Hardy, but just in case you do, British National Treasure Carey Mulligan is up to the task. Far From the Madding Crowd is not usually anyone's favorite Thomas Hardy novel, nor the most popular, but it is luscious and as chock-full of repressed passions as any of the others. I went the first two minutes of this trailer thinking it was for an adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, so you can watch this video and have a pretty good sense of what Thomas Hardy is all about.

Book Trailers is a recurring post that tricks you into reading the books that inspired great movies (or just great trailers).