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 (67)
- Far from the Madding Crowd
- PREFACE
- 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 OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS—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—Regret
- 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
- CHAPTER XXXI BLAME—FURY
- CHAPTER XXXII NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
- CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
- CHAPTER XXXIV HOME AGAIN—A TRICKSTER
- CHAPTER XXXV AT AN UPPER WINDOW
- CHAPTER XXXVI WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
- CHAPTER XXXVIII RAIN—ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
- CHAPTER XXXIX COMING HOME—A CRY
- CHAPTER XL ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
- CHAPTER XLI SUSPICION—FANNY IS SENT FOR
- CHAPTER XLII JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK’S HEAD
- CHAPTER XLIII FANNY’S REVENGE
- CHAPTER XLIV UNDER A TREE—REACTION
- CHAPTER XLV TROY’S ROMANTICISM
- CHAPTER XLVI THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
- CHAPTER XLVII ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
- CHAPTER XLVIII DOUBTS ARISE—DOUBTS LINGER
- CHAPTER XLIX OAK’S ADVANCEMENT—A GREAT HOPE
- CHAPTER L THE SHEEP FAIR—TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE’S HAND
- CHAPTER LI BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
- CHAPTER LII CONVERGING COURSES
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- CHAPTER LIII CONCURRITUR—HORÆ MOMENTO
- CHAPTER LIV AFTER THE SHOCK
- CHAPTER LV THE MARCH FOLLOWING—“BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD”
- CHAPTER LVI BEAUTY IN LONELINESS—AFTER ALL
- CHAPTER LVII A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING—CONCLUSION
- NOTES
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