How you explore Far from the Madding Crowd on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 23 characters, 10 places, 9 objects and 7 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 43 passages of Far from the Madding Crowd sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Thomas Hardy wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Thomas Hardy instead.
The Far from the Madding Crowd feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Far from the Madding Crowd
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Oak and Bathsheba
- Ruin and Reversal
- The Valentine
- Sergeant Troy
- The Storm and Fanny
- The Murder at the Feast
- Because You Never Ask
The author's pen in Far from the Madding Crowd
The passages themselves, Thomas Hardy's own words, as Literah maps it.
- Gabriel's Pepper And Salt Moralitych. 1
- The Hidden Looking Glassch. 1
- Farmer Oak’s Flutech. 2
- Awakening in Her Lapch. 3
- I Don’t Want To Marry Youch. 4
- The Vanished Flockch. 5
- A Free Man With Nothingch. 5
- Something Was On Firech. 6
- The Very Manch. 7
- The Startled Strangerch. 7
- The New Shepherd Arrivesch. 8
- A Mistress Instead Of A Masterch. 10
- Bathsheba Tosses the Hymn Bookch. 13
- Boldwood and the Valentinech. 14
- Mistaken Church Doorch. 16
- Boldwood Looks At Herch. 17
- Boldwood's Offer Rejectedch. 19
- Criticised and Dismissedch. 20
- Gabriel’s Instrument of Salvationch. 21
- Shearers in the Sunch. 22
The characters of Far from the Madding Crowd
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Bathsheba Everdenemajor
- Gabriel Oakmajor
- Farmer Boldwoodmajor
- Sergeant Francis Troymajor
- Fanny Robinmajor
- Liddy Smallburysupporting
- Jan Coggansupporting
- Joseph Poorgrasssupporting
- Cain Ballsupporting
- Maryann Moneysupporting
- The Maltstersupporting
- Pennywayssupporting
- Mrs. Hurstminor
- Mrs. Cogganminor
- Temperance Millerminor
- Soberness Millerminor
The locations in Far from the Madding Crowd
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Weatherbury Upper Farmfarm
- Norcombe Hillhill
- The Great Barnbarn
- Weatherbury Village and Malthousevillage
- Boldwood's Farm / Lower Weatherburyfarm
- Weatherbury Church and Churchyardchurch
- The Hollow Among the Fernshollow
- Casterbridgetown
- Casterbridge Highwayroad
- Budmouth / Carrow Covecoast
The core concepts in Far from the Madding Crowd
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Steadiness versus Impulse
- Independence and Responsibility
- Love as Care, Possession, and Performance
- Work Reveals Character
- Reputation and Community
- Vulnerability and Gender
- Chance and Consequence
- Maturity Through Loss
The objects of note in Far from the Madding Crowd
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- The Valentine
- Bathsheba's Mirror
- Gabriel's Shepherd's Hut
- Gabriel's Watch
- Troy's Sword
- Fanny's Coffin
- Troy's Watch
- The Harvest Ricks
- Boldwood's Gun-Rack
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