Length15h 34m
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Gabriel Oak is a young shepherd. With the savings of a frugal life, and a loan, he has leased and stocked a sheep-farm. He falls in love with a newcomer eight years his junior, Bathsheba Everdene, a proud beauty who arrives to live with her aunt, Mrs. Hurst. She comes to like him well enough, and even saves his life once, but when he makes her an unadorned offer of marriage, she refuses; she values her independence too much and him too little. Gabriel's blunt protestations only serve to drive her to haughtiness. After a few days, she moves to Weatherbury, a village some miles off. When next they meet, their circumstances have changed drastically. An inexperienced new sheep dog drives Gabriel's flock over a cliff, ruining him. After selling off everything of value, he manages to settle all his debts, but emerges penniless. He seeks employment at a work fair in the town of Casterbridge, (a fictionalised version of Dochester). When he finds none, he heads to another fair in Shottsford, a town about ten miles from Weatherbury. On the way, he happens upon a dangerous fire on a farm and leads the bystanders in putting it out. When the veiled owner comes to thank him, he asks if she needs a shepherd. She uncovers her face and reveals herself to be none other than Bathsheba. She has recently inherited the estate of her uncle and is now a wealthy woman. Though somewhat uncomfortable, she hires him. Meanwhile, Bathsheba has a new admirer: the lonely and repressed William Boldwood. Boldwood is a prosperous farmer of about forty whose ardour Bathsheba unwittingly awakens when – her curiosity piqued because he has never bestowed on her the customary admiring glance – she playfully sends him a valentine sealed with red wax on which she has embossed the words "Marry me". Boldwood, not realising the valentine was a jest, becomes obsessed with Bathsheba, and soon proposes marriage. Although she does not love him, she toys with the idea of accepting his offer; he is, after all, the most eligible bachelor in the district. However, she postpones giving him a definite answer. When Gabriel rebukes her for her thoughtlessness, she fires him. When her sheep begin dying from bloat, she discovers to her chagrin that Gabriel is the only man who knows how to cure them. Her pride delays the inevitable, but finally she is forced to beg him for help. Afterwards, she offers him back his job and their friendship is restored... (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length15 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
31CHAPTER XXIX PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
2PREFACE
32CHAPTER XXX HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
3CHAPTER I Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident
33CHAPTER XXXI BLAME—FURY
4CHAPTER II NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR
34CHAPTER XXXII NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
5CHAPTER III A GIRL ON HORSEBACK—CONVERSATION
35CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
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6CHAPTER IV GABRIEL'S RESOLVE—THE VISIT—THE MISTAKE
36CHAPTER XXXIV HOME AGAIN—A TRICKSTER
7CHAPTER V DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA—A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
37CHAPTER XXXV AT AN UPPER WINDOW
8CHAPTER VI THE FAIR—THE JOURNEY—THE FIRE
38CHAPTER XXXVI WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
9CHAPTER VII RECOGNITION—A TIMID GIRL
39CHAPTER XXXVII THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
10CHAPTER VIII THE MALTHOUSE—THE CHAT—NEWS
40CHAPTER XXXVIII RAIN—ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
11CHAPTER IX THE HOMESTEAD—A VISITOR—HALF-CONFIDENCES
41CHAPTER XXXIX COMING HOME—A CRY
12CHAPTER X MISTRESS AND MEN
42CHAPTER XL ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
13CHAPTER XI OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS—SNOW—A MEETING
43CHAPTER XLI SUSPICION—FANNY IS SENT FOR
14CHAPTER XII FARMERS—A RULE—AN EXCEPTION
44CHAPTER XLII JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK'S HEAD
15CHAPTER XIII SORTES SANCTORUM—THE VALENTINE
45CHAPTER XLIII FANNY'S REVENGE
16CHAPTER XIV EFFECT OF THE LETTER—SUNRISE
46CHAPTER XLIV UNDER A TREE—REACTION
17CHAPTER XV A MORNING MEETING—THE LETTER AGAIN
47CHAPTER XLV TROY'S ROMANTICISM
18CHAPTER XVI ALL SAINTS' AND ALL SOULS'
48CHAPTER XLVI THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
19CHAPTER XVII IN THE MARKET-PLACE
49Erected by Francis Troy In Beloved Memory of Fanny Robin
20CHAPTER XVIII Boldwood in Meditation—Regret
50CHAPTER XLVII ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
21CHAPTER XIX THE SHEEP-WASHING—THE OFFER
51CHAPTER XLVIII DOUBTS ARISE—DOUBTS LINGER
22CHAPTER XX PERPLEXITY—GRINDING THE SHEARS—A QUARREL
52CHAPTER XLIX OAK'S ADVANCEMENT—A GREAT HOPE
23CHAPTER XXI TROUBLES IN THE FOLD—A MESSAGE
53CHAPTER L THE SHEEP FAIR—TROY TOUCHES HIS WIFE'S HAND
24CHAPTER XXII THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS
54CHAPTER LI BATHSHEBA TALKS WITH HER OUTRIDER
25CHAPTER XXIII EVENTIDE—A SECOND DECLARATION
55CHAPTER LII CONVERGING COURSES
26CHAPTER XXIV THE SAME NIGHT—THE FIR PLANTATION
56CHAPTER LIII CONCURRITUR—HORAE MOMENTO
27CHAPTER XXV THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED
57CHAPTER LIV AFTER THE SHOCK
28CHAPTER XXVI SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD
58CHAPTER LV THE MARCH FOLLOWING—"BATHSHEBA BOLDWOOD"
29CHAPTER II HIVING THE BEES
59CHAPTER LVI BEAUTY IN LONELINESS—AFTER ALL
30CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
60CHAPTER LVII A FOGGY NIGHT AND MORNING—CONCLUSION
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