Far From the Madding Crowd is a fascinating novel. It refers to the importance of man's connection to, and understanding of, the natural world. A life of Gabriel Oak in harmony with the forces of the natural world.
The novel also contemplates the relationship between luck, or chance, and moral responsibility. Like Gabriel, are always responsible and cautious but Sergeant Troy are careless and destructive.
Another theme is the danger and destruction inherent in romantic love and marriage. This is novel exposes the inconsistencies, irrationalities, and betrayals that often plague romantic relationships. Bathsheba is an independent woman, but by falling in love with Troy, she nearly destroys her life. Similarly, the novel presents with many couples in which one partner is more in love than the other, and he shows what disastrous events result from this inequality. I likes the background of this tale is the Wessex countryside in all its moods.