Far from the Madding Crowd

THOMAS HARDY

Far from the Madding Crowd is Thomas Hardys fourth novel and his first major literary success. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership.

Table of contents

• PREFACE
• CHAPTER—I DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK—AN INCIDENT
• CHAPTER—II NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR
• CHAPTER—III A GIRL ON HORSEBACK—CONVERSATION
• CHAPTER—IV GABRIEL’S RESOLVE—THE VISIT—THE MISTAKE
• CHAPTER—V DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA—A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
• CHAPTER—VI THE FAIR—THE JOURNEY—THE FIRE
• CHAPTER—VII RECOGNITION—A TIMID GIRL
• CHAPTER—VIII THE MALTHOUSE—THE CHAT—NEWS
• CHAPTER—IX THE HOMESTEAD—A VISITOR—HALF-CONFIDENCES
• CHAPTER—X MISTRESS AND MEN
• CHAPTER—XI OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS—SNOW—A MEETING
• CHAPTER—XII FARMERS—A RULE—AN EXCEPTION
• CHAPTER—XIII SORTES SANCTORUM—THE VALENTINE
• CHAPTER—XIV EFFECT OF THE LETTER—SUNRISE
• CHAPTER—XV A MORNING MEETING—THE LETTER AGAIN
• CHAPTER—XVI ALL SAINTS’ AND ALL SOULS’
• CHAPTER—XVII IN THE MARKET-PLACE
• CHAPTER—XVIII BOLDWOOD IN MEDITATION—REGRET
• CHAPTER—XIX THE SHEEP-WASHING—THE OFFER
• CHAPTER—XX PERPLEXITY—GRINDING THE SHEARS—A QUARREL
• CHAPTER—XXI TROUBLES IN THE FOLD—A MESSAGE
• CHAPTER—XXII THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS
• CHAPTER—XXIII EVENTIDE—A SECOND DECLARATION
• CHAPTER—XXIV THE SAME NIGHT—THE FIR PLANTATION
• CHAPTER—XXV THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED
• CHAPTER—XXVI SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD
• CHAPTER—XXVII HIVING THE BEES
• CHAPTER—XXVIII THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
• CHAPTER—XXIX PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
• CHAPTER—XXX HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
• CHAPTER—XXXI BLAME—FURY
• CHAPTER—XXXII NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
• CHAPTER—XXXIII IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
• CHAPTER—XXXIV HOME AGAIN—A TRICKSTER
• CHAPTER—XXXV AT AN UPPER WINDOW
• CHAPTER—XXXVI WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
• CHAPTER—XXXVII THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
• CHAPTER—XXXVIII RAIN—ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
• CHAPTER—XXXIX COMING HOME—A CRY
• CHAPTER—XL ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
• CHAPTER—XLI SUSPICION—FANNY IS SENT FOR
• CHAPTER—XLII JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK’S HEAD
• CHAPTER—XLIII FANNY’S REVENGE
• CHAPTER—XLIV UNDER A TREE—REACTION
• CHAPTER—XLV TROY’S ROMANTICISM
• CHAPTER—XLVI THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
• CHAPTER—XLVII ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
• CHAPTER—XLVIII DOUBTS ARISE—DOUBTS LINGER
• CHAPTER—XLIX OAK’S ADVANCEMENT—A GREAT HOPE
• CHAPTER—L THE SHEEP FAIR—TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE’S HAND
• CHAPTER—LI BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
• CHAPTER—LII CONVERGING COURSES
• CHAPTER—LIII CONCURRITUR—HORÆ MOMENTO
• CHAPTER—LIV AFTER THE SHOCK
• CHAPTER—LV THE MARCH FOLLOWING—“BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD”
• CHAPTER—LVI BEAUTY IN LONELINESS—AFTER ALL
• CHAPTER—LVII A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING—CONCLUSION