Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.

 

BY THOMAS HARDY,

AUTHOR OF
"A PAIR OF BLUE EYES," "UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE," ETC.

 

WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.

 

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE.
1874.

(All rights reserved.)

"Do you happen to want a shepherd, ma'am?"

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

Chapter		Page
I.	Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident	1
II.	Night—The Flock—An Interior—Another Interior	11
III.	A Girl on Horseback—Conversation	24
IV.	Gabriel's Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake	38
V.	Departure of Bathsheba—A Pastoral Tragedy	54
VI.	The Fair—The Journey—The Fire	62
VII.	Recognition—A Timid Girl	79
VIII.	The Malthouse—The Chat—News	85
IX.	The Homestead—A Visitor—Half Confidences	118
X.	Mistress and Men	128
XI.	Melchester Moor—Snow—A Meeting	139
XII.	Farmers—A Rule—An Exception	148
XIII.	Sortes Sanctorum—The Valentine	157
XIV.	Effect of the Letter—Sunrise	164
XV.	A Morning Meeting—The Letter Again	171
XVI.	All Saints' and All Souls'	189
XVII.	In the Market-place	194
XVIII.	Boldwood in Meditation—A Visit	199
XIX.	The Sheep-washing—The Offer	207
XX.	Perplexity—Grinding the Shears—A Quarrel	217
XXI.	Troubles in the Fold—A Message	227
XXII.	The Great Barn and the Sheep-shearers	238
XXIII.	Eventide—A Second Declaration	256
XXIV.	The Same Night—The Fir Plantation	267
XXV.	The New Acquaintance Described	278
XXVI.	Scene on the Verge of the Hay-mead	284
XVII.	Hiving the Bees	299
XVIII.	The Hollow Amid the Ferns	305
XXIX.	Particulars of a Twilight Walk	314
XXX.	Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes	326

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

"Do you happen to want a Shepherd, Ma'am?"		Frontispiece.
Hands were Loosening his Neckerchief		To face page 32
"Get the Front Door Key." Liddy fetched it		158
"I feel—almost too much—to think," he said		211
She stood up in the Window-opening, facing the Men		262
She took up her Position as directed		308

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Chapter		Page
I.	Blame—Fury	1
II.	Night—Horses Tramping	16
III.	In the Sun—A Harbinger	30
IV.	Home Again—A Juggler	43
V.	At an Upper Window	60
VI.	Wealth in Jeopardy—The Revel	67
VII.	The Storm—The Two Together	81
VIII.	Rain—One Solitary meets Another	93
IX.	Coming Home—A Cry	99
X.	On Casterbridge Highway	106
XI.	Suspicion—Fanny is Sent For	117
XII.	Joseph and His Burden—Buck's Head	135
XIII.	Fanny's Revenge	154
XIV.	Under a Tree—Reaction	171
XV.	Troy's Romanticism	183
XVI.	The Gurgoyle: Its Doings	191
XVII.	Adventures by the Shore	205
XVIII.	Doubts Arise—Doubts Vanish	210
XIX.	Oak's Advancement—A Great Hope	219
XX.	The Sheep Fair—Trot Touches his Wife's Hand	228
XXI.	Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider	252
XXII.	Converging Courses	266
XXIII.	Concurritur—Horæ Momento	284
XXIV.	After the Shock	303
XXV.	The March following—"Bathsheba Boldwood"	310
XXVI.	Beauty in Loneliness—After All	318
XXVII.	A Foggy Night and Morning—Conclusion	333

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Bathsheba flung her Hands to her Face		Frontispiece.
"There's not a Soul in my House but me To-night"		To face page 53
She opened a Gate within which was a Haystack. Under this she sat down		106
Bending over Fanny Kobin, he gently kissed her		167
He saw a Bather carried along in the Current		216
Troy next advanced into the Middle of the Room and took off his Cap		299