Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1874. The story follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene, a strong and independent woman who inherits a farm after her father's death. The novel explores themes of love, class, and gender roles in rural England during the Victorian era.

By Thomas Hardy · First published 1874 · Genre: Romance, Pastoral, Victorian Literature · 57 chapters

Contents

• Description of Farmer Oak; An Incident
• Night; The Flock; An Interior; Another Interior
• A Girl on Horseback; Conversation
• Gabriel's Resolve; The Visit; The Mistake
• Departure of Bathsheba; A Pastoral Tragedy
• The Fair; The Journey; The Fire
• Recognition; A Timid Girl
• The Malthouse; The Chat; News
• The Homestead; A Visitor; Half-Confidences
• Mistress and Men
• Outside the Barracks; Snow; A Meeting
• Farmers; A Rule; An Exception
• Sortes Sanctorum; The Valentine
• Effect of the Letter; Sunrise
• A Morning Meeting; The Letter Again
• All Saints' and All Souls'
• In the Market-Place
• Boldwood in Meditation; Regret
• The Sheep-Washing; The Offer
• Perplexity; Grinding the Shears; A Quarrel
• Troubles in the Fold; A Message
• The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers
• Eventide; A Second Declaration
• The Same Night; The Fir Plantation
• The New Acquaintance Described
• Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead
• Hiving the Bees
• The Hollow Amid the Ferns
• Particulars of a Twilight Walk
• Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes
• Blame; Fury
• Night; Horses Tramping
• In the Sun; A Harbinger
• Home Again; A Trickster
• At an Upper Window
• Wealth in Jeopardy; The Revel
• The Storm; The Two Together
• Rain; One Solitary Meets Another
• Coming Home; A Cry
• On Casterbridge Highway
• Suspicion; Fanny Is Sent For
• Joseph and His Burden; Buck's Head
• Fanny's Revenge
• Under a Tree; Reaction
• Troy's Romanticism
• The Gurgoyle: Its Doings
• Adventures by the Shore
• Doubts Arise; Doubts Linger
• Oak's Advancement; A Great Hope
• The Sheep Fair; Troy Touches His Wife's Hand
• Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider
• Converging Courses
• Concurritur; Horae Momento
• After the Shock
• The March Following; "Bathsheba Boldwood"
• Beauty in Loneliness; After All
• A Foggy Night and Morning; Conclusion

More by Thomas Hardy

• The Woodlanders (1887)
• The Superstitious Man's Story (1891)
• The Withered Arm (1888)
• A Pair of Blue Eyes (1870)
• Jude the Obscure (1895)
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891)
• The Mayor of Casterbridge (1889)
• How I Built myself a House
• All works by Thomas Hardy