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Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

Novelsabout 15 h 15 min of listening

A young shepherd falls in love with a young, seemingly independent and strong-willed lady farmer.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface
  3. I: Description of Farmer Oak; An Incident
  4. II: Night; The Flock; An Interior; Another Interior
  5. III: A Girl on Horseback; Conversation
  6. IV: Gabriel’s Resolve; The Visit; The Mistake
  7. V: Departure of Bathsheba; A Pastoral Tragedy
  8. VI: The Fair; The Journey; The Fire
  9. VII: Recognition; A Timid Girl
  10. VIII: The Malthouse; The Chat; News
  11. IX: The Homestead; A Visitor; Half-Confidences
  12. X: Mistress and Men
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  1. XI: Outside the Barracks; Snow; A Meeting
  2. XII: Farmers; A Rule; An Exception
  3. XIII: Sortes Sanctorum; The Valentine
  4. XIV: Effect of the Letter; Sunrise
  5. XV: A Morning Meeting; The Letter Again
  6. XVI: All Saints’ and All Souls’
  7. XVII: In the Market-Place
  8. XVIII: Boldwood in Meditation; Regret
  9. XIX: The Sheep-Washing; The Offer
  10. XX: Perplexity; Grinding the Shears; A Quarrel
  11. XXI: Troubles in the Fold; A Message
  12. XXII: The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers
  13. XXIII: Eventide; A Second Declaration
  14. XXIV: The Same Night; The Fir Plantation
  15. XXV: The New Acquaintance Described
  16. XXVI: Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead
  17. XXVII: Hiving the Bees
  18. XXVIII: The Hollow Amid the Ferns
  19. XXIX: Particulars of a Twilight Walk
  20. XXX: Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes
  21. XXXI: Blame; Fury
  22. XXXII: Night; Horses Tramping
  23. XXXIII: In the Sun; A Harbinger
  24. XXXIV: Home Again; A Trickster
  25. XXXV: At an Upper Window
  26. XXXVI: Wealth in Jeopardy; The Revel
  27. XXXVII: The Storm; The Two Together
  28. XXXVIII: Rain; One Solitary Meets Another
  29. XXXIX: Coming Home; A Cry
  30. XL: On Casterbridge Highway
  31. XLI: Suspicion; Fanny Is Sent For
  32. XLII: Joseph and His Burden; Buck’s Head
  33. XLIII: Fanny’s Revenge
  34. XLIV: Under a Tree; Reaction
  35. XLV: Troy’s Romanticism
  36. XLVI: The Gurgoyle: Its Doings
  37. XLVII: Adventures by the Shore
  38. XLVIII: Doubts Arise; Doubts Linger
  39. XLIX: Oak’s Advancement; A Great Hope
  40. L: The Sheep Fair; Troy Touches His Wife’s Hand
  41. LI: Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider
  42. LII: Converging Courses
  43. LIII: Concurritur; Horae Momento
  44. LIV: After the Shock
  45. LV: The March Following; “Bathsheba Boldwood”
  46. LVI: Beauty in Loneliness; After All
  47. LVII: A Foggy Night and Morning; Conclusion
  48. Endnotes
  49. Colophon
  50. Uncopyright

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