Far from the Madding Crowd?⛪🐑🌏

30% of Australian farmers have
attempted self-harm or suicide?

2023, the Year of the
Water Rabbit?

I read Thomas Hardy's novel 'Far from the Madding Crowd' (well, listened to it being read) after watching the 2015 film adaption starring Carey Mulligan, which I mentioned in this recent post -

I Listened to Around the World in 80 Days in 1 Day?🌍🌎🌏

Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy

From '1001 Books You
Must Read Before You Die' 

I think the book is much better than the movie in filling in the blanks and fleshing out the minor characters.

The movie was OK, but I would advise reading the book beforehand.

Far from the Madding Crowd
(1967)

I then watched the 1967 film adaption and thought that version was closer to the novel than the 2015 version.

A scene from the 2022 movie 'Pearl'

I used to fantasize about owning a small farm in my youth, but to me now it sounds like a nightmare.

And especially after seeing the movie 'Pearl' a few weeks back and watching the piglet scenes ... not that I eat pig anyway.

The last time I can recall watching a movie with a main character named Bathsheba was 'The Conjuring';-)

Not that I'm much fonder of living in the city, either:-)
Scream VI in New York ... and Australia?💀😱

I gave the 2015 'Far from the Madding Crowd' DVD away on Sunday along with my 'The Rosie Effect' book -
The Rosie Effect?📖🌹