Far from the Madding Crowd: Published in 1874, the book became a hit very soon. At that time, in the peaceful British countryside, people still harvest by hands, travel by carriages; their lives change as the seasons change. Hardy took the title from Thomas Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard to express his ideal life of staying away from industrialization. However, love, hatred, and all the ups and downs of the characters are not supposed to happen in countryside. Industrialization leaves no peace for any man. Hardy shows his pessimistic determinism in the novel. (远离尘嚣：这部作品于1874年首次出版，立即畅销。故事发生在静谧的英国乡村田野上，农场里。当时，人们收获靠手工，车靠马拉，他们的生活伴随着季节的变化而起伏。"远离尘嚣"这个书名出自托马斯·格雷的诗作《墓园挽歌》，表达了哈代想远离工业文明的理想，而小说中的主人公们的爱恨情仇和跌宕起伏的人生经历实在不是一个远里离尘嚣的穷乡僻壤中应该发生的事情。在工业文明的侵蚀之下没有人可以真正的远离尘嚣。从这部小说中可以看到哈代的悲观主义宿命论。)