Hardy’s first major success came with his novel Far From the Madding Crowd, 1 ______ is set in the fictional village of Weatherbury, inspired by the Dorset village of Puddletown. As sweet as its name 2 ____, Puddletown was where much of Thomas Hardy’s family 3 ___, including his grandfather. Weatherbury Farm, the farm that the protagonist Bathsheba Everdene inherits 4 _ her uncle in the novel, was supposedly based on the real-life Waterston Manor, which is located 5 ____ Puddletown and Piddlehinton.












