What does "Far from the Madding Crowd" mean in relation to the story?

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slgr7 — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 03:58 PM)

What does "Far from the Madding Crowd" mean in relation to the story?

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kevin-bergin — 11 years ago(March 03, 2015 01:34 PM)

An English teacher once said to me that crime, passion and betrayal happens in the small country town too.

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Tomatish — 10 years ago(April 25, 2015 03:32 PM)

It's from a Thomas Gray poem
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
The madding crowd is the city people. Gray portrays country life as sober and noiseless, but Hardy begs to differ.

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slgr7 — 10 years ago(May 22, 2015 11:06 PM)

Thank you.