THE sluggish day began to break. Even its position terrestrially is one of the elements of a new interest, and for no particular reason save that the incident of the night had occurred there Oak went again into the plantation. … Read the rest
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Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter II: Night — the Flock — An Interior — Another Interior
IT was nearly midnight on the eve of St. Thomas’s, the shortest day in the year. A desolating wind wandered from the north over the hill whereon Oak had watched the yellow waggon and its occupant in the sunshine of … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter I: Description of Farmer Oak — An Incident
WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Preface
In reprinting this story for a new edition I am reminded that it was in the chapters of “Far from the Madding Crowd” as they appeared month by month in a popular magazine, that I first ventured to adopt the … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter IX: The Homestead — a Visitor — Half-Confidences
BY daylight, the Bower of Oak’s new-found mistress, Bathsheba Everdene, presented itself as a hoary building, of the early stage of Classic Renaissance as regards its architecture, and of a proportion which told at a glance that, as is so … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter VIII: The Malthouse — the Chat — News
WARREN’S Malthouse was enclosed by an old wall inwrapped with ivy, and though not much of the exterior was visible at this hour, the character and purposes of the building were clearly enough shown by its outline upon the sky. … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter VII: Recognition — a Timid Girl
BATHSHEBA withdrew into the shade. She scarcely knew whether most to be amused at the singularity of the meeting, or to be concerned at its awkwardness. There was room for a little pity, also for a very little exultation: the … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter VI: The Fair — the Journey — the Fire
TWO months passed away. We are brought on to a day in February, on which was held the yearly statute or hiring fair in the county-town of Casterbridge.
At one end of the street stood from two to three hundred … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter V: Departure of Bathsheba — a Pastoral Tragedy
THE news which one day reached Gabriel, that Bathsheba Everdene had left the neighbourhood, had an influence upon him which might have surprised any who never suspected that the more emphatic the renunciation the less absolute its character.
It may … Read the rest
Far from the Madding Crowd – Chapter IV: Gabriel’s Resolve — the Visit — the Mistake
THE only superiority in women that is tolerable to the rival sex is, as a rule, that of the unconscious kind; but a superiority which recognizes itself may sometimes please by suggesting possibilities of capture to the subordinated man.
This … Read the rest