Far from the Madding Crowd

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.

Bathsheba Everdene is a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men – respectable farmer Boldwood, seductive Sergeant Troy, and devoted Gabriel – making her the object of scandal and betrayal.

Penguin Reader Level 5.