![]() ![]() Finding that the area of a single county did not afford a canvas large enough for this purpose, and that there were objections to an invented name, I disinterred the old one. The series of novels I projected being mainly of the kind called local, they seemed to require a territorial definition of some sort to lend unity to their scene. ![]() In reprinting this story for a new edition I am reminded that it was in the chapters of "Far from the Madding Crowd," as they appeared month by month in a popular magazine, that I first ventured to adopt the word "Wessex" from the pages of early English history, and give it a fictitious significance as the existing name of the district once included in that extinct kingdom. ![]() The March Following-"bathsheba Boldwood"ē34Ī Foggy Night and Morning-conclusionē46 The Sheep Fair-troy Touches His Wife's HandĒ94 Perplexity-grinding the Shears-a Quarrelđ17 The Homestead-a Visitor-half-confidencesĖ5 Gabriel's Resolve-the Visit-the MistakeĒ4ĭeparture of Bathsheba-a Pastoral Tragedyē2 Night-the Flock-an Interior-another Interiorđ1 ![]()
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