English countryside. It’s about the life and relationships of a young woman called Bathsheba
who works hard on her uncle’s farm, where she attracts the attention of three men who
all set their sights on marrying her. Let me tell you about the first man. His name
is Gabriel Oak and he is also a farmer – so you would think they have a lot in common.
She saves his life and then he asks her to marry him. However, she is dead set against
the idea and so says ‘no.’ Later, Gabriel’s flock of sheep is destroyed
and he sets off to find new work and he finds a job as shepherd on Bathsheba’s farm, which
she has now inherited from her uncle. She sets out to manage the farm herself despite
some people saying that, as a woman, she won’t be able to cope.
Anyway, one day, for fun, she sends a valentine’s card to her neighbour – a wealthy landowner
called Mr Boldwood. This sets him off thinking that she’s keen on him, so he asks her to marry him.
But once again she says ‘no’. However, Mr Boldwood becomes obsessed with her and pursues her,
in the hope that one day she will say ‘yes’. Now enter the third man, Sergeant Francis
Troy – a charming military man who attracts Bathsheba’s attention and eventually they
get married. But things don’t run smoothly. Let me tell
you what happens next in the second part of the story. See you then.
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