Out of curiosity--has anyone ever recorded an album of songs from Hardy novels? I remember that Tess had lots of identifiable old songs either mentioned or quoted within the narrative.

The 1967 Julie Christie/Alan Bates version of Far From the Madding Crowd is pretty good (Bates is great) and has good music. I recall "Harvest Home" and "Bold Grenadier", and I know there were others but I haven't watched it in awhile.