Far From The Madding Crowd

I finally had the chance to see this series on DVD. I have the DVD for some time now, and I finally sat down and watched it. I thought Pride and Prejudice was my favorite, but boy, am I wrong about that. Far From The Madding Crowd is a far more intriguing story about 3 men who love one woman. I fell very much for Gabriel Oak, the best part I saw Nathaniel Parker ever play in a film or series, and I was happy to find out that he was the winner after all. But between the first meeting with Bathsheba Everdene and their marriage, a lot happened. I am not going to tell the story here, as I think it is way to beautiful to discover by yourself. If you like the film, you also like the audiobook, read by Nathaniel Parker. Nat is one of the best reading voices I've ever heard. I shed a few tears when Gabriel proposed to Bathesheba for the second time. It was so well done, Nathaniel really deserves all the credit for this role. I will see this series more often now I know it is this good. It is really the best drama I've ever seen. I heartly recommand this film, book and audiobook to everybody who loves a good story with intrigues, romance and many more. It has everything I want to see or read in a story. This is a wonderful adeption and I hope they are not going to make more as they did with Pride and Prejudice and Vanity Fair, which was remade as film a few years ago. Far From The Madding Crowd really is a great series and I hope they are going to show it on the Dutch TV. I doubt that would happen as the series is 10 years old, but then who knows. If they are going to show it, they can put Bleak House by Charles Dickens (On the BBC a few years ago, with Charles Dance as wonderful, scary Tulkinghorn) on TV. But that is another story. I must say that I still don't like the character of Frank Troy in the series. You can see from miles away that he is no good. I have a sort of feeling for baddies in series and films and this is one for sure. In my opinion he got what he deserved.