Index:Far from the Madding Crowd Vol 1.djvu
CONTENTS OF YOL. I.
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 op 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. Peeplexity — 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 XXVII. Hiving the Bees 299 XXVIII. The Hollow Amid the Ferns 305 XXIX. Particulars of a Twilight Walk 314 XXX. Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes 326
"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 |