<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 464 pages (Harper & Brothers edition, 1912) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> A Pair of Blue Eyes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Hand of Ethelberta </Td> </Tr> <P> Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and his first major literary success . It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership . </P>

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