Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
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Contents
- 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
- 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