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Far From The Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

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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 - IN 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

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 - HORAE 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