Genre
Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

Far from the Madding Crowd is a late Victorian novel written in 1874. Many books of this era explored ambiguities and uncertainties, reflecting the uncertainty arising in British society during this period. Attempts at social reform—including new causes like women’s suffrage and the rise of Darwinism as an explanation for the evolution of species (and the subsequent conflicts with religious faith that followed)—produced a sense of instability reflected in many books written in this period.