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Far from the Madding Crowd is the fourth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy; and his first major literary success.It was published on 23 November 1874. It originally appeared anonymously as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, where it gained a wide readership.
Rejected by Bathsheba earlier as a suitor for lack of wealth, Gabriel lost his own flock after one of his dogs drove them off a cliff. Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood, a nearby gentleman farmer. Boldwood, a middle-aged bachelor, falls passionately in love with her and proposes; Bathsheba promises to consider his offer.
The film is set in 1870 in Britain. While working on her aunt's farm in Dorset, Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) meets neighbouring farmer, Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts). He eventually proposes, but the headstrong Bathsheba declines, saying she is too independent. One night, Gabriel's new sheepdog herds his entire flock off a steep cliff.
And now, Miss Everdene, good-night!" "Good-night," she said graciously--almost tenderly; and Boldwood withdrew with a serene smile. Bathsheba knew more of him now; he had entirely bared his heart before her, even until he had almost worn in her eyes the sorry look of a grand bird without the feathers that make it grand.
William Blake's painting Bathsheba at the Bath, Tate Britain [9] Several scholars see Bathsheba as the granddaughter of Ahitophel, [10] as do passages in the Talmud. [11] The argument is that she is called the daughter of Eliam in 2 Sam. 11:3, and 2 Sam 23:34 mentions an Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's "thirty". The ...
Bathsheba, a c. 1480 painting by Hans Memling; Bathsheba at her Bath, a 1575 painting by Paolo Veronese; Bathsheba, an 1889 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme; Bathsheba Everdene, a fictional character in the novel Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Warrens' daughter Judy is attacked by Bathsheba as a warning to the Warrens. The Perron family takes refuge at a motel, but Carolyn, possessed, takes Christine and April back to the house to kill them. Running out of time, Ed, Lorraine, and Brad tie Carolyn to a chair and Ed attempts the exorcism himself.
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