Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
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The bold and beautiful Bathsheba Everdene has arrived at Weatherbury, creating a stir in the idyllic community of the countryside. Enamoured by Bathsheba's irresistible charm and wild, uninhibited spirit, three men are drawn to her—the humble shepherd Gabriel Oak, who is eight years younger to her; the farmer William Boldwood, who mistakes her prank for a proposal of marriage; and a Casanova in uniform, Sergeant Francis Troy. Will the fierce and independent Bathsheba finally fall in love? Who will she choose? Part warm and heartening, and part tragic, Far from the Madding crowd is a story that...
Chapters (69)
- Far from the Madding Crowd
- List of Illustrations
- VOLUME I.
- CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK—AN INCIDENT
- CHAPTER II. NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR
- CHAPTER III. A GIRL ON HORSEBACK—CONVERSATION
- CHAPTER IV. GABRIEL’S RESOLVE—THE VISIT—THE MISTAKE
- CHAPTER V. DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA—A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
- CHAPTER VI. THE FAIR—THE JOURNEY—THE FIRE
- CHAPTER VII. RECOGNITION—A TIMID GIRL
- CHAPTER VIII. THE MALTHOUSE—THE CHAT—NEWS
- CHAPTER IX. THE HOMESTEAD—A VISITOR—HALF CONFIDENCES
- CHAPTER X. MISTRESS AND MEN
- CHAPTER XI. MELCHESTER MOOR—SNOW—A MEETING
- CHAPTER XII. FARMERS—A RULE—AN EXCEPTION
- CHAPTER XIII. SORTES SANCTORUM—THE VALENTINE
- CHAPTER XIV. EFFECT OF THE LETTER—SUNRISE
- CHAPTER XV. A MORNING MEETING—THE LETTER AGAIN
- CHAPTER XVI. ALL SAINTS’ AND ALL SOULS’
- CHAPTER XVII. IN THE MARKET-PLACE
- CHAPTER XVIII. BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION—A VISIT
- CHAPTER XIX. THE SHEEP-WASHING—THE OFFER
- CHAPTER XX. PERPLEXITY—GRINDING THE SHEARS—A QUARREL
- CHAPTER XXI. TROUBLES IN THE FOLD—A MESSAGE
- CHAPTER XXII. THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS
- CHAPTER XXIII. EVENTIDE—A SECOND DECLARATION
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE SAME NIGHT—THE FIR PLANTATION
- CHAPTER XXV. THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED
- CHAPTER XXVI. SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD
- CHAPTER XXVII. HIVING THE BEES
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
- CHAPTER XXIX. PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
- CHAPTER XXX. HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
- VOLUME II.
- CHAPTER I. BLAME—FURY
- CHAPTER II. NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
- CHAPTER III. IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
- CHAPTER IV. HOME AGAIN—A JUGGLER
- CHAPTER V. AT AN UPPER WINDOW
- CHAPTER VI. WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
- CHAPTER VII. THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
- CHAPTER VIII. RAIN—ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
- CHAPTER IX. COMING HOME—A CRY
- CHAPTER X. ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
- CHAPTER XI. SUSPICION—FANNY IS SENT FOR
- CHAPTER XII. JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK’S HEAD
- CHAPTER XIII. FANNY’S REVENGE
- CHAPTER XIV. UNDER A TREE—REACTION
- CHAPTER XV. TROY’S ROMANTICISM
- CHAPTER XVI. THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
- CHAPTER XVII. ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
- CHAPTER XVIII. DOUBTS ARISE—DOUBTS VANISH
- CHAPTER XIX. OAK’S ADVANCEMENT—A GREAT HOPE
- CHAPTER XX. THE SHEEP FAIR—TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE’S HAND
- CHAPTER XXI. BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
- CHAPTER XXII. CONVERGING COURSES
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- VII.
- CHAPTER XXIII. CONCURRITUR—HORÆ MOMENTO
- CHAPTER XXIV. AFTER THE SHOCK
- CHAPTER XXV. THE MARCH FOLLOWING—“BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD”
- CHAPTER XXVI. BEAUTY IN LONELINESS—AFTER ALL
- CHAPTER XXVII. A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING—CONCLUSION
- THE END
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