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
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Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2PREFACE
3CHAPTER I Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident
4CHAPTER II NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR
5CHAPTER III A GIRL ON HORSEBACK—CONVERSATION
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6CHAPTER IV GABRIEL'S RESOLVE—THE VISIT—THE MISTAKE
7CHAPTER V DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA—A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
8CHAPTER VI THE FAIR—THE JOURNEY—THE FIRE
9CHAPTER VII RECOGNITION—A TIMID GIRL
10CHAPTER VIII THE MALTHOUSE—THE CHAT—NEWS
11CHAPTER IX THE HOMESTEAD—A VISITOR—HALF-CONFIDENCES
12CHAPTER X MISTRESS AND MEN
13CHAPTER XI OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS—SNOW—A MEETING
14CHAPTER XII FARMERS—A RULE—AN EXCEPTION
15CHAPTER XIII SORTES SANCTORUM—THE VALENTINE
16CHAPTER XIV EFFECT OF THE LETTER—SUNRISE
17CHAPTER XV A MORNING MEETING—THE LETTER AGAIN
18CHAPTER XVI ALL SAINTS' AND ALL SOULS'
19CHAPTER XVII IN THE MARKET-PLACE
20CHAPTER XVIII Boldwood in Meditation—Regret
21CHAPTER XIX THE SHEEP-WASHING—THE OFFER
22CHAPTER XX PERPLEXITY—GRINDING THE SHEARS—A QUARREL
23CHAPTER XXI TROUBLES IN THE FOLD—A MESSAGE
24CHAPTER XXII THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS
25CHAPTER XXIII EVENTIDE—A SECOND DECLARATION
26CHAPTER XXIV THE SAME NIGHT—THE FIR PLANTATION
27CHAPTER XXV THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED
28CHAPTER XXVI SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD
29CHAPTER II HIVING THE BEES
30CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOLLOW AMID THE FERNS
31CHAPTER XXIX PARTICULARS OF A TWILIGHT WALK
32CHAPTER XXX HOT CHEEKS AND TEARFUL EYES
33CHAPTER XXXI BLAME—FURY
34CHAPTER XXXII NIGHT—HORSES TRAMPING
35CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE SUN—A HARBINGER
36CHAPTER XXXIV HOME AGAIN—A TRICKSTER
37CHAPTER XXXV AT AN UPPER WINDOW
38CHAPTER XXXVI WEALTH IN JEOPARDY—THE REVEL
39CHAPTER XXXVII THE STORM—THE TWO TOGETHER
40CHAPTER XXXVIII RAIN—ONE SOLITARY MEETS ANOTHER
41CHAPTER XXXIX COMING HOME—A CRY
42CHAPTER XL ON CASTERBRIDGE HIGHWAY
43CHAPTER XLI SUSPICION—FANNY IS SENT FOR
44CHAPTER XLII JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK'S HEAD
45CHAPTER XLIII FANNY'S REVENGE
46CHAPTER XLIV UNDER A TREE—REACTION
47CHAPTER XLV TROY'S ROMANTICISM
48CHAPTER XLVI THE GURGOYLE: ITS DOINGS
49Erected by Francis Troy In Beloved Memory of Fanny Robin
50CHAPTER XLVII ADVENTURES BY THE SHORE
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