Bathsheba Everdene, proud and independent, inherits a farm at Weatherbury and resolves to run it herself. Three men want her: Gabriel Oak, a steady shepherd ruined by a single night’s disaster; William Boldwood, a reserved neighbouring farmer stirred by a careless valentine; and the dashing Sergeant Francis Troy, whose sword and charm prove far more dangerous.
The novel in which Hardy first named his Wessex, and his warmest picture of English farm life and its seasons. Download the free EPUB.