Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

Credits: Thomas Hardy (author)

Summary

Far from the Madding Crowd is the fourth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy; and his first major literary success. It was published on 23 November 1874. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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Chapters (57)

  1. 1. Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident
  2. 2. Night—the Flock—an Interior—Another Interior
  3. 3. A Girl on Horseback—Conversation
  4. 4. Gabriel’s Resolve—the Visit—the Mistake
  5. 5. Departure of Bathsheba—a Pastoral Tragedy
  6. 6. The Fair—the Journey—the Fire
  7. 7. Recognition—a Timid Girl
  8. 8. The Malthouse—the Chat—News
  9. 9. The Homestead—a Visitor—Half-Confidences
  10. 10. Mistress and Men
  11. 11. Outside the Barracks—Snow—a Meeting
  12. 12. Farmers—a Rule—an Exception
  13. 13. Sortes Sanctorum—the Valentine
  14. 14. Effect of the Letter—Sunrise
  15. 15. A Morning Meeting—the Letter Again
  16. 16. All Saints’ and All Souls’
  17. 17. In the Market-Place
  18. 18. Boldwood in Meditation—Regret
  19. 19. The Sheep-Washing—the Offer
  20. 20. Perplexity—Grinding the Shears—a Quarrel
  21. 21. Troubles in the Fold—a Message
  22. 22. The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers
  23. 23. Eventide—a Second Declaration
  24. 24. The Same Night—the Fir Plantation
  25. 25. The New Acquaintance Described
  26. 26. Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead
  27. 27. Hiving the Bees
  28. 28. The Hollow Amid the Ferns
  29. 29. Particulars of a Twilight Walk
  30. 30. Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes
  31. 31. Blame—Fury
  32. 32. Night—Horses Tramping
  33. 33. In the Sun—a Harbinger
  34. 34. Home Again—a Trickster
  35. 35. At an Upper Window
  36. 36. Wealth in Jeopardy—the Revel
  37. 37. The Storm—the Two Together
  38. 38. Rain—One Solitary Meets Another
  39. 39. Coming Home—a Cry
  40. 40. On Casterbridge Highway
  41. 41. Suspicion—Fanny Is Sent for
  42. 42. Joseph and His Burden—Buck’s Head
  43. 43. Fanny’s Revenge
  44. 44. Under a Tree—Reaction
  45. 45. Troy’s Romanticism
  46. 46. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings
  47. 47. Adventures by the Shore
  48. 48. Doubts Arise—Doubts Linger
  49. 49. Oak’s Advancement—a Great Hope
  50. 50. The Sheep Fair—Troy Touches His Wife’s Hand

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