Far from the Madding CrowdFar from the Madding Crowd (1874) is the love story between the good shepherd Gabriel Oak and the proud heiress Bathsheba Everdene. Bathsheba scorns Gabriel's first bald proposal, and many years pass, seeing their positions in society change, as well as their relationship to each other. Bathsheba must see the tragic consequences of her easy use of others before she understands who her truest friend is. |
Contents
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Chapter VII RecognitionA Timid Girl | 86 |
Chapter XXX Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes | 339 |
Chapter XXXI BlameFury | 348 |
Chapter XXXII NightHorses Tramping | 362 |
Chapter XXXIII In the SunA Harbinger | 377 |
Chapter XXXIV Home AgainA Trickster | 391 |
Chapter XXXV At an Upper Window | 411 |
Chapter XXXVI Wealth in JeopardyThe Revel | 418 |
Chapter XXXVII The StormThe Two Together | 432 |
Chapter VIII The MalthouseThe ChatNews | 93 |
Chapter IX The HomesteadA VisitorHalfConfidences | 124 |
Chapter X Mistress and Men | 135 |
Chapter XI Outside the Barracks SnowA Meeting | 147 |
Chapter XII FarmersA Rule An Exception | 157 |
Chapter XIII Sortes Sanctorum The Valentine | 166 |
Chapter XIV Effect of the Letter Sunrise | 174 |
Chapter XV A Morning Meeting The Letter Again | 181 |
Chapter XVI All Saints and All Souls | 199 |
Chapter XVII In the MarketPlace | 204 |
Chapter XVIII Boldwood in MeditationRegret | 208 |
Chapter XIX The SheepWashing The Offer | 215 |
Chapter XX PerplexityGrinding the ShearsA Quarrel | 225 |
Chapter XXI Troubles in the Fold A Message | 236 |
Chapter XXII The Great Barn and the SheepShearers | 248 |
Chapter XXIII EventideA Second Declaration | 265 |
Chapter XXIV The Same Night The Fir Plantation | 276 |
Chapter XXV The New Acquaintance Described | 288 |
Chapter XXVI Scene on the Verge of the HayMead | 294 |
Chapter XXVII Hiving the Bees | 311 |
Chapter XXVIII The Hollow Amid the Ferns | 317 |
Chapter XXIX Particulars of a Twilight Walk | 327 |
Chapter XXXVIII RainOne Solitary Meets Another | 444 |
Chapter XXXIX Coming Home A Cry | 451 |
Chapter XL On Casterbridge Highway | 459 |
Chapter XLI SuspicionFanny is Sent For | 470 |
Chapter XLII Joseph and His BurdenBucks Head | 489 |
Chapter XLIII Fannys Revenge | 507 |
Chapter XLIV Under a Tree Reaction | 523 |
Chapter XLV Troys Romanticism | 535 |
Its Doings | 542 |
Chapter XLVII Adventures by the Shore | 554 |
Chapter XLVIII Doubts Arise Doubts Linger | 559 |
Chapter XLIX Oaks Advancement A Great Hope | 568 |
Chapter L The Sheep FairTroy Touches His Wifes Hand | 577 |
Chapter LI Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider | 599 |
Chapter LII Converging Courses | 613 |
Chapter LIII ConcurriturHorae Momento | 630 |
Chapter LIV After the Shock | 650 |
Chapter LV The March Following Bathsheba Boldwood | 657 |
Chapter LVI Beauty in Loneliness After All | 665 |
Chapter LVII A Foggy Night and MorningConclusion | 681 |
Endnotes | 691 |
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