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[silverflight8]

I'm in the beginning of Far From the Madding Crowd and find that though the language hasn't really changed (still thick, but it's getting much easier for me to read it), this novel is far more humorous. Whereas The Mayor of Casterbridge is kind of a darker study into what humans are like, this is so much more--I hesitate to say cheerful. Lighter, I guess. I'm still trying to see if any of main The Mayor of Casterbridge characters show up in this one--it's the same universe, some of the very, very peripheral characters have shown up--and Farmer Oak passes through Casterbridge!

Edit to fix typo. Another one.