Sources & browser storage

Courses come from MIT OpenCourseWare, The Open University (OpenLearn) and TU Delft OpenCourseWare; each course page credits its source and license. Books in the reader come from Project Gutenberg, audiobooks from LibriVox.

RedLectern is independent of MIT, The Open University and TU Delft and is not endorsed by them. Self-study only: no grades, certificates, or credit.

Progress and notes are saved in this browser. Export a backup; clearing browser data can remove them. YouTube embeds may process usage data.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Name: Far from the Madding Crowd
Author: Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

Read by LibriVox volunteers · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Read the book

Chapters

Open a chapter to play its MP3 recording.

01 - Description of Farmer Oak--An Incident (11:23)
02 - Night--The Flock--An Interior--Another Interior (19:35)
03 - A Girl on Horseback--Conversation (18:58)
04 - Gabriel's Resolve--The Visit--The Mistake (20:25)
05 - Departure of Bathsheba-- A Pastoral Tragedy (11:38)
06 - The Fair--The Journey--The Fire (19:46)
07 - Recognition -- A Timid Girl (9:18)
08 - The Malthouse -- The Chat -- News (48:46)
09 - The Homestead -- A Visitor -- Half - Confidences (15:10)
10 - Mistress and Men (13:29)
11 - Outside the Barracks--Snow--A Meeting (11:58)
12 - Farmers--A Rule--An Exception (10:11)
13 - Sortes Sanctorum--The Valentine (8:45)
14 - Effect of the Letter--Sunrise (10:08)
15 - A Morning Meeting--The Letter Again (22:55)
16 - All Saints' and All Souls' (6:58)
17 - In the Market-Place (5:39)
18 - Boldwood in Meditation--Regret (10:05)
19 - The Sheep-Washing--The Offer (12:27)
20 - Perplexity--Grinding the Shears--A Quarrel (12:46)
21 - Troubles in the Fold - A Message (12:38)
22 - The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers (21:13)
23 - Eventide--A Second Declaration (13:50)
24 - The Same Night--The Fir Plantation (13:20)
25 - The New Acquaintance Described (7:45)
26 - Scene on the Verge of the Hay-Mead (18:30)
27 - Hiving the Bees (7:21)
28 - The Hollow Amid the Ferns (12:33)
29 - Particulars of a Twilight Walk (16:42)
30 - Hot Cheeks and Tearful Eyes (10:31)
31 - Blame - Fury (19:41)
32 - Night-Horses Tramping (19:32)
33 - In the Sun -- A Harbinger (14:27)
34 - Home Again--A Trickster (19:51)
35 - At an Upper Window (8:05)
36 - Wealth in Jeopardy--The Revel (17:52)
37 - The Storm -- The Two Toghether (15:04)
38 - Rain--One Solitary Meets Another (7:40)
39 - Coming Home--A Cry (8:17)
40 - On Casterbridge Highway (17:53)
41 - Suspicion--Fanny Is Sent For (22:28)
42 - Joseph and His Burden--Buck's Head (25:12)
43 - Fanny's Revenge (21:02)
44 - Under a Tree--Reaction (15:11)
45 - Troy's Romanticism (9:55)
46 - The Gurgoyle and Its Doings (15:27)
47 - Adventures By The Shore (8:09)
48 - Doubts Arise -- Doubts Linger (12:34)
49 - Oak's Advancement--A Great Hope (13:01)
50 -The Sheep Fair--Troy Touches His Wife's Hand (33:53)
51 - Bathsheba Talks with Her Outrider (20:05)
52 - Converging Courses (22:15)
53 - Concurritur--Horae Momento (25:14)
54 - After the Shock (10:44)
55 - The March Following-- (10:50)
56 - Beauty in Loneliness--After All (19:25)
57 - A Foggy Night and Morning--Conclusion (11:50)

Read the book