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Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly magazine serial, where it gained a wide readership and critical acclaim. According to Virginia Woolf, "The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels." The book is often regarded as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although Bathsheba's passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with sufficient resilience, intelligence, and good luck to overcome her youthful folly.

Year of Publication: 1874Genres: General Fiction

Running Time: 14 hours 40 minutes 15 seconds(57 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Lee Ann Howlett, Simon Evers, hefyd

#	Chapter Name
	01 - Description of Farmer Oak--An Incident Lee Ann Howlett	11:23
	02 - Night--The Flock--An Interior--Another Interior Simon Evers	19:35
	03 - A Girl on Horseback--Conversation Simon Evers	18:58
	04 - Gabriel's Resolve--The Visit--The Mistake Patti Brugman	20:25
	05 - Departure of Bathsheba--A Pastoral Tragedy Patti Brugman	11:38
	06 - The Fair--The Journey--The Fire Lee Ann Howlett	19:46
	07 - Recognition--A Timid Girl Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)	9:18
	08 - The Malthouse--The Chat--News Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)	48:45
	09 - The Homestead--A Visitor--Half-Confidences Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)	15:10
	10 - Mistress and Men Simon Evers	13:29
	11 - Outside the Barracks--Snow--A Meeting Simon Evers	11:57
	12 - Farmers--A Rule--An Exception Lee Ann Howlett	10:11
	13 - Sortes Sanctorum--The Valentine Lee Ann Howlett	8:45
	14 - Effect of the Letter--Sunrise Simon Evers	10:07
	15 - A Morning Meeting--The Letter Again Simon Evers	22:55
	16 - All Saints' and All Souls' Simon Evers	6:58
	17 - In the Market-Place Lee Ann Howlett	5:39
	18 - Boldwood in Meditation--Regret Lee Ann Howlett	10:05
	19 - The Sheep-Washing--The Offer Lee Ann Howlett	12:27
	20 - Perplexity--Grinding the Shears--A Quarrel Lee Ann Howlett	12:46
	21 - Troubles in the Fold--A Message E. Plein	12:38
	22 - The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers E. Plein	21:13
	23 - Eventide--A Second Declaration Lee Ann Howlett	13:50
	24 - The Same Night--The Fir Plantation Lee Ann Howlett	13:20
	25 - The New Acquaintance Described Lee Ann Howlett	7:45
	26 - Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead Lee Ann Howlett	18:30
	27 - Hiving the Bees hefyd	7:21
	28 - The Hollow Amid the Ferns hefyd	12:33
	29 - Particulars of a Twilight Walk hefyd	16:42
	30 - Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes hefyd	10:31
	31 - Blame--Fury hefyd	19:41
	32 - Night--Horses Tramping Tracey Norman	19:32
	33 - In the Sun--A Harbinger J. M. Smallheer	14:27
	34 - Home Again--A Trickster Lee Ann Howlett	19:51
	35 - At an Upper Window Lee Ann Howlett	8:05
	36 - Wealth in Jeopardy--The Revel Lee Ann Howlett	17:52
	37 - The Storm--The Two Together Lee Ann Howlett	15:04
	38 - Rain--One Solitary Meets Another Sarah Jennings	7:40
	39 - Coming Home--A Cry Lee Ann Howlett	8:16
	40 - On Casterbridge Highway Simon Evers	17:53
	41 - Suspicion--Fanny Is Sent For Simon Evers	22:27
	42 - Joseph and His Burden--Buck's Head Simon Evers	25:12
	43 - Fanny's Revenge Lee Ann Howlett	21:02
	44 - Under a Tree--Reaction Lee Ann Howlett	15:11
	45 - Troy's Romanticism Lee Ann Howlett	9:55
	46 - The Gurgoyle: Its Doings J. M. Smallheer	15:27
	47 - Adventures by the Shore George Deprez, PhD	8:09
	48 - Doubts Arise--Doubts Linger Simon Evers	12:34
	49 - Oak's Advancement--A Great Hope Simon Evers	13:01
	50 - The Sheep Fair--Troy Touches His Wife's Hand Simon Evers	33:53
	51 - Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider John Lieder	20:05
	52 - Converging Courses Simon Evers	22:15
	53 - Concurritur--Horae Momento Simon Evers	25:14
	54 - After the Shock Simon Evers	10:44
	55 - The March Following--"Bathsheba Boldwood" Simon Evers	10:50
	56 - Beauty in Loneliness--After All Lee Ann Howlett	19:25
	57 - A Foggy Night and Morning--Conclusion Lee Ann Howlett	11:50