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Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
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- about 497
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- Literature & Fiction
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- English
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From the opening
AUTHOR OF
“A PAIR OF BLUE EYES,” “UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE,” ETC.
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
CHAPTER XXIII. CONCURRITUR—HORÆ MOMENTO
CHAPTER XXIV. AFTER THE SHOCK
CHAPTER XXV. THE MARCH FOLLOWING—“BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD”
CHAPTER XXVI.
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