Far from the Madding Crowd

Gabriel Oak, a shepherd, falls in love with Bathsheba, a vain young beauty who refuses to give up her independence to marry him and she moves away. Years later he finds her again and becomes a victim of unrequited love as Bathsheba moves through life with several eligible suitors.

Chapter# / Title

• 1: DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK
• 2: NIGHT
• 3: A GIRL ON HORSEBACK
• 4: GABRIELS RESOLVE
• 5: DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA
• 6: THE FAIR
• 7: RECOGNITION
• 8: THE MALTHOUSE
• 9: THE HOMESTEAD
• 10: LATER
• 11: OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS
• 12: FARMERS
• 13: SORTES SANCTORUM
• 14: EFFECT OF THE LETTER
• 15: MALTHOUSE
• 16: ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS
• 17: IN THE MARKETPLACE
• 18: BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION
• 19: THE SHEEP WASHING
• 20: PERPLEXITY
• 21: TROUBLES IN THE FOLD
• 22: THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP SHEARERS
• 23: EVENTIDE
• 24: THE SAME NIGHT
• 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
• 32: VILLAGE OF WEATHERBURY
• 33: IN THE SUN
• 34: HOME AGAIN
• 35: AT AN UPPER WINDOW
• 36: WEALTH IN JEOPARDY
• 37: THE STORM
• 38: RAIN
• 39: COMING HOME
• 40: ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
• 41: SUSPICION
• 42: JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN
• 43: FANNYS REVENGE
• 44: UNDER A TREE
• 45: TROYS ROMANTICISM
• 46: THE GURGOYLE
• 47: ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
• 48: DOUBTS ARISE
• 49: OAKS ADVANCEMENT
• 50: THE SHEEP FAIR
• 51: BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
• 52: CONVERGING COURSES
• 53: CONCURRITUR
• 54: AFTER THE SHOCK
• 55: THE MARCH FOLLOWING
• 56: BEAUTY IN LONELINESS
• 57: A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING