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One day, he makes the acquaintance of Bathsheba Everdene, who is staying with her aunt nearby, when she saves him from accidental suffocation.

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in C.The novel begins in the town of Norcombe, where Gabriel Oak is a young farmer.

Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

Thanks for your very insightful thoughts!! Hope you're having a great day!! <3 :) But I feel I have to make SURE I read "Far from the Madding Crowd", as well as re-read "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"!! I really do need to balance my reading! As you know, I'm a VERY eclectic reader. You know, classics are such absolutely WONDERFUL gifts to the world!! They are indeed immortal treasures! And the reason they are is that they touch the very core of what it means to be human. I believe the same technique might have been used by Hawthorne in "The Scarlet Letter", but again, I would have to re-read this novel in order to make sure. The use of nature imagery in a symbolic manner is typical of Hardy. Of course this is yet ANOTHER book I need to read! Lol. In fact, I have a book by Karen Horney, titled "Feminine Psychology", sitting on one of my shelves.

This must have something to do with the female psyche, and I don't mean to put down my own gender in saying this. Once again, in fiction as in real life, we have the case of a woman - and an intelligent, totally capable one, at that - falling for the wrong guy. "Far from the Madding Crowd" is another of those books (of which there are LOTS) that I've been wanting to read for the longest time. I really need to re-read it, so that I can write a review for my literary fiction blog. In fact, I would call it a feminist novel, as it attacks "the double standard" in romantic relationships, and thus, the whole basis of the patriarchy. That novel alone made Hardy one of my favorite authors! Since I know that you,too, have read it, you know how powerful a work that is.

I have only read one of Hardy's novels - "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".