Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene.
Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy\'s novels to give the name Wessex to the landscape of south-west England, and the first to gain h.
And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.
He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood.
Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene