Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
— 1874 —
PREFACE
1 - DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK — AN INCIDENT
2 - NIGHT — THE FLOCK — AN INTERIOR — ANOTHER INTERIOR
3 - A GIRL ON HORSEBACK — CONVERSATION
4 - GABRIEL’S RESOLVE — THE VISIT — THE MISTAKE
5 - DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA — A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
6 - THE FAIR — THE JOURNEY — THE FIRE
7 - RECOGNITION — A TIMID GIRL
8 - THE MALTHOUSE — THE CHAT — NEWS
9 - THE HOMESTEAD — A VISITOR — HALF-CONFIDENCES
10 - MISTRESS AND MEN
11 - OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS — SNOW — A MEETING
12 - FARMERS — A RULE — IN EXCEPTION
13 - SORTES SANCTORUM — THE VALENTINE
14 - EFFECT OF THE LETTER — SUNRISE
15 - A MORNING MEETING — THE LETTER AGAIN
16 - ALL SAINTS’ AND ALL SOULS’
17 - IN THE MARKET-PLACE
18 - BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION — REGRET
19 - THE SHEEP-WASHING — THE OFFER
20 - PERPLEXITY — GRINDING THE SHEARS — A QUARREL
21 - TROUBLES IN THE FOLD — A MESSAGE
22 - THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS
23 - EVENTIDE — A SECOND DECLARATION
24 - THE SAME NIGHT — THE FIR PLANTATION
25 - THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED
26 - SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD
27 - HIVING THE BEES
28 - THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
29 - PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
30 - HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
31 - BLAME — FURY
32 - NIGHT — HORSES TRAMPING
33 - IN THE SUN — A HARBINGER
34 - HOME AGAIN — A TRICKSTER
35 - AT AN UPPER WINDOW
36 - WEALTH IN JEOPARDY — THE REVEL
37 - THE STORM — THE TWO TOGETHER
38 - RAIN — ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
39 - COMING HOME — A CRY
40 - ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
41 - SUSPICION — FANNY IS SENT FOR
42 - JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN
43 - FANNY’S REVENGE
44 - UNDER A TREE — REACTION
45 - TROY’S ROMANTICISM
46 - THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
47 - ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
48 - DOUBTS ARISE — DOUBTS LINGER
49 - OAK’S ADVANCEMENT — A GREAT HOPE
50 - THE SHEEP FAIR — TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE’S HAND
51 - BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
52 - CONVERGING COURSES
53 - CONCURRITUR — HORAE MOMENTO
54 - AFTER THE SHOCK
55 - THE MARCH FOLLOWING — “BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD”
56 - BEAUTY IN LONELINESS — AFTER ALL
57 - A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING — CONCLUSION