Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Fall asleep tonight to the opening chapters of Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Published in 1874, this was Hardy's first literary success. In this episode, Farmer Gabriel Oak helps the woman with black hair and a red jacket with her toll and later sees her again, late at night while tending his sheep. If…
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