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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Happens to [[Jerkass Troy]] on two levels: He first starts to crack when he discovers his old lover, Fanny, whom he spurned at the offer because of a simple mixup, destitute and struggling while with child along the road, and later he breaks completely when he finds out they didn't make it.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Frank Troy [[spoiler: who convinces Bathsheba to stay away from Boldwood and marry him, gambles away huge sums of Bathsheba's money, impregnates his former lover, tells Bathsheba he never loved her, then fakes his own death. He only returns because he has no money and no place to go]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Frank Troy [[spoiler: who convinces Bathsheba to stay away from Boldwood and marry him, gambles away huge sums of Bathsheba's money, impregnates his former lover, tells Bathsheba he never loved her, then fakes his own death. He death, only returns because returning when he has no money finds out [[ CrazyJealousGuy Boldwood]]intends to marry Bathsheba.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Despite his jerkassish behavior, Troy really did love Fanny, giving her everything in his pocket andno place promising more when he sees how his treatment of her left her destitute, and finding out that she and her child died left him distraught enough to go]]send him over the DespairEventHorizon, which led to his faking his own death from the shame of losing Fanny.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Bathsheba and Gabriel both have rather unhappy lives]]
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* BittersweetEnding: By Hardy's standards, this novel ends almost cheerfully. [[spoiler: A lot of people die -- it's still Creator/ThomasHardy we're talking about here -- but Bathsheba and Gabriel eventually find some form of happiness and contentment with each other.]]
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Several film adaptations have been made, most notably a 1967 version directed by John Schlesinger and starring Julie Christie as Bathsheba.
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Gah! Never mind me. I was thinking of E Ssex.
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Thomas Hardy's first big literary success, ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' is the story of the honest young shepherd Gabriel Oak and the object of his affection Bathsheba Everdene in the quiet fictional English countryside of Wessex. Bathsheba and Gabriel first meet when she is a poor woman staying with her aunt. Astounded by her beauty, Gabriel proposes to her but she rejects him.
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Just to clarify; the setting of the novel is fictional, but Wessex does in fact exist.
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Thomas Hardy's first big literary success, ''Far from the Madding Crowd'' is the story of the honest young shepherd Gabriel Oak and the object of his affection Bathsheba Everdene in the quiet, fictional quiet English countryside of Wessex. Bathsheba and Gabriel first meet when she is a poor woman staying with her aunt. Astounded by her beauty, Gabriel proposes to her but she rejects him.
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* BittersweetEnding: By Hardy's standards, this novel ends almost cheerfully. [[spoiler: A lot of people die -- it's still Creator/ThomasHardy we're talking about here -- but Bathsheba and Gabriel eventually find some form of happiness and contentment with each other.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: By Hardy's standards, this novel ends almost cheerfully. [[spoiler: A lot of people die -- it's still Creator/ThomasHardy we're talking about here -- but Bathsheba and Gabriel eventually find some form of happiness with each other.]]
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The novel deals with the value of independence versus marriage as well as the passage of time. Bathsheba recognizes that marriage is unfair to women and is averse to the very concept of being possessed by another man, especially considering she barely knows the men who can't help but fall in love with her. Gabriel's ancient, oversized pocket watch is one of the first things described. The watch counts the minutes accurately but the hour hand is broken and always displays the wrong hour. Time is said to move slower in the country, where decades and generations are thought of as the present while a mere five years ago in the city is considered ancient history. Though at least six or seven years pass [[spoiler: between when Gabriel first proposed and when Bathsheba accepted his hand, patient, country-born Gabriel is in no great hurry. Her relationships with Troy and Boldwood are merely false strikes of the hour]]
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The novel deals with the value of independence versus marriage as well as the passage of time. Bathsheba recognizes that marriage is unfair to women and is averse to the very concept of being possessed by another man, especially considering she barely knows the men who can't help but fall in love with her. Gabriel's ancient, oversized pocket watch is one of the first things described. The watch counts the minutes accurately but the hour hand is broken and always displays the wrong hour. Time is said to move slower in the country, where decades and generations are thought of as the present while a mere five years ago in the city is considered ancient history. Though at least six or seven years pass [[spoiler: between when Gabriel first proposed and when Bathsheba accepted his hand, patient, country-born Gabriel is in no great hurry. Her relationships with Troy and Boldwood are merely false strikes of the hour]]hour.
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Thomas Hardy's first big literary success, ''Far From The from the Madding Crowd'' is the story of the honest young shepherd Gabriel Oak and the object of his affection Bathsheba Everdene in the quiet, fictional English countryside of Wessex. Bathsheba and Gabriel first meet when she is a poor woman staying with her aunt. Astounded by her beauty, Gabriel proposes to her but she rejects him.
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* TheGamblingAddict: Frank Troy.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife" is a line from Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard".
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* TheGamblingAddict: Frank Troy.OnlySaneMan: Gabriel and Bathsheba are the only farmers who think to cover the newly harvested grain so it isn't ruined by a thunderstorm.
* RescueRomance: Early in the novel, Bathsheba saves Gabriel from carbon monoxide poisoning.
* StalkerShrine: [[spoiler: Boldwood]] has a collection of women's clothes with Bathsheba's name on the labels.
* RescueRomance: Early in the novel, Bathsheba saves Gabriel from carbon monoxide poisoning.
* StalkerShrine: [[spoiler: Boldwood]] has a collection of women's clothes with Bathsheba's name on the labels.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Bathsheba Everdene (whose name was [[TheHungerGames recently borrowed for a new female hero]]), William Boldwood, and Frank Troy
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Gabriel. While he initially struggles slightly with his [[spoiler: this his loyalty to Bathsheba's friendship is proven proven [[spoiler: when he comes across the coffin of Fanny and her child with Troy. While allowing Bathsheba to discover the child could mean the end of her marriage to Gabriel's romantic rival Troy, Gabriel quietly conceals the fact that Fanny's child even exists]]
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Far from the ''madding'' crowd, which just means frenzied or busy and references the quiet country setting of the novel. Not ''maddening.''
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Thomas Hardy's first big literary success, ''Far From The Madding Crowd'' is the story of the honest young shepherd Gabriel Oak and the object of his affection Bathsheba Everdene in the quiet, fictional English countryside of Wessex. Bathsheba and Gabriel first meet when she is a poor woman staying with her aunt. Astounded by her beauty, Gabriel proposes to her but she rejects him.
The two do not meet again until Gabriel, by several cruel twists of fate, ends up in her employ. She has recently inherited a very large farm and has become quite wealthy. Gabriel will watch Bathsheba reject countless suitorswho also admire all while serving her beauty faithfully as well as fall in with the wrong men.
a farmer and friend.
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* BettyAndVeronica: The dashing, loquacious Sergeant Troy is certainly a Veronica. While Boldwood might appear to be Betty because he is a quiet and hardworking farmer, he is revealed to be incredibly jealous and demanding. Gabriel is a better fit.
** The poor, simple, blonde Fanny (she's so simple she gets lost on her way to the altar for her own wedding for heaven's sake) might be the Betty to the wealthy and independent Veronica of Bathsheba. At least, perhaps, in Troy's mind.
** The poor, simple, blonde Fanny (she's so simple she gets lost on her way to the altar for her own wedding for heaven's sake) might be the Betty to the wealthy and independent Veronica of Bathsheba. At least, perhaps, in Troy's mind.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Almost exactly what [[spoiler: Boldwood says to Bathsheba after Troy dies.]]
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* NiceGuy: Gabriel Oak has few other noteworthy traits than his goodness, diligence, and honesty.
* NiceGuy: Gabriel Oak has few other noteworthy traits than his goodness, diligence, and honesty.
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Thomas Hardy's first big literary success, ''Far From The Madding Crowd'' is the story of the honest young shepherd Gabriel Oak and the object of his affection Bathsheba Everdene.Everdene in the quiet, fictional English countryside of Wessex. Bathsheba and Gabriel first meet when she is a poor woman staying with her aunt. Astounded by her beauty, Gabriel proposes to her but she rejects him. The two do not meet again until Gabriel, by several cruel twists of fate, ends up in her employ. She has recently inherited a very large farm and has become quite wealthy. Gabriel will watch Bathsheba reject countless suitors who also admire her beauty as well as fall in with the wrong men.
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The novel deals with the foundation of relationships and marriage as well as the passage of time. Gabriel's ancient, oversized pocket watch is one of the first things described. The watch counts the minutes accurately but the hour hand is broken and always displays the wrong hour. Time is said to move slower in the country, where decades and generations are thought of as the present while a mere five years ago in the city is considered ancient history. Though at least six or seven years pass [[spoiler: between when Gabriel first proposed and when Bathsheba accepted his hand, patient, country-born Gabriel is in no great hurry. Her relationships with Troy and Boldwood are merely false strikes of the hour]]
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him. The two do not meet again until Gabriel, by several cruel twists of fate, ends up in her employ. She has recently inherited a very large farm and has become quite wealthy. Gabriel will watch Bathsheba reject countless suitors who also admire her beauty as well as fall in with the wrong men.
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