Bathsheba Everdene Spirited young mistress of a large farm. Gabriel Oak Patient, reliable shepherd; suitor of Bathsheba. Mr. Boldwood Gentleman farmer enamored of Bathsheba. Francis Troy Lover and, later, husband of Bathsheba. Fanny Robin Runaway maid. Mrs. Hurst Bathsheba’s aunt. Liddy Smallbury Bathsheba’s maid. Maryann Money Bathsheba’s charwoman. Mrs. Coggan […]
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Bathsheba Everdene has the enviable problem of coping with three suitors simultaneously. The first to appear is Gabriel Oak, a farmer as ordinary, stable, and sturdy as his name suggests. Perceiving her beauty, he proposes to her and is promptly rejected. He vows not to ask again. Oak’s flock of […]
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