Subject for February, 2020
CHAPTER VIII THE MALTHOUSE—THE CHAT—NEWS-1
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
Warren’s Malthouse was enclosed by an old wall inwrapped with ivy, and though not much of the exterior was visible at this hour, the character and purposes of the building...
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CHAPTER VII RECOGNITION—A TIMID GIRL
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba withdrew into the shade. She scarcely knew whether most to be amused at the singularity of the meeting, or to be concerned at its awkwardness. There was room for a lit...
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CHAPTER VI THE FAIR—THE JOURNEY—THE FIRE
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
Two months passed away. We are brought on to a day in February, on which was held the yearly statute or hiring fair in the county-town of Casterbridge. At one end of the street ...
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CHAPTER V DEPARTURE OF BATHSHEBA—A PASTORAL TRAGEDY
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The news which one day reached Gabriel, that Bathsheba Everdene had left the neighbourhood, had an influence upon him which might have surprised any who never suspected that the...
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CHAPTER IV GABRIEL’S RESOLVE—THE VISIT—THE MISTAKE
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The only superiority in women that is tolerable to the rival sex is, as a rule, that of the unconscious kind; but a superiority which recognizes itself may sometimes please by s...
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CHAPTER III A GIRL ON HORSEBACK—CONVERSATION
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
The sluggish day began to break. Even its position terrestrially is one of the elements of a new interest, and for no particular reason save that the incident of the night had o...
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CHAPTER II NIGHT—THE FLOCK—AN INTERIOR—ANOTHER INTERIOR
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
It was nearly midnight on the eve of St. Thomas’s, the shortest day in the year. A desolating wind wandered from the north over the hill whereon Oak had watched the yellow...
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CHAPTER I Description of Farmer Oak—An Incident
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appear...
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PREFACE
Subject: Far from the Madding Crowd
In reprinting this story for a new edition I am reminded that it was in the chapters of “Far from the Madding Crowd,” as they appeared month by month in a popular ma...
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THE AUNT AND THE SLUGGARD-3
Subject: My man Jeeves
Next morning Jeeves came round. It was all so home-like when he floated noiselessly into the room that I nearly broke down. “Good morning, sir,” he said. “I ha...
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