He falls in love with Bathsheba early on, so early in fact that it is difficult to figure out what he sees in her to make him love her so. He's constantly going the extra length to make sure that everything is running smoothly on the farm, and that all is well and working. He is serious, hard-working, always alert, and extremely helpful.
Gabriel is also the kind of employee that every employer wants. If you tell him you don't want to marry him, he sucks it up and humbly accepts it even though he may be hopelessly in love with you, and will never bother you with advances and declarations again, unless you hint that you are ready to welcome them. Oak has moreover incredible self-control. He is so reliable, honest and trustful that one can tell him anything, and confide any secret to him he's sure to keep it and give you good advice. He's the type who cherishes and protects those he loves (sheep or otherwise :P)and he's always there to save the day (I lost count of how many times he did it during the course of the novel), counsel, or simply to lend a should to cry on. Gabriel is the kind of man you feel completely safe and secure around. "I shall do one thing in this life - one thing certain - that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die." I'm completely head over heels in love with him!
She was indispensable to high generation, hated at tea parties, feared in shops, and loved at crises." "She was of the stuff of which great men's mothers are made. Bathsheba is unique and attractive, and she turned every man's head. She starts out as her own bailiff, superintends and manages everything, and boldly enters the world of market, a world of men. But here, we have a heroine who can do it, who is a farmer and takes on a lot of duties. I read a lot of romances in which the heroines do nothing more than sip afternoon tea while entertaining callers, and attend balls and soirees and drink the waters in Bath. She doesn't shy away from work, she is courageous, intrepid and cannot be tamed. "Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness."īathsheba Everdene strong, wilful, independent and, above all, beautiful, Bathsheba is a woman ahead of her time. Far From the Madding Crowd is the poignant, moving and brilliant story of Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors. Anyways! Even though this story takes place in rural Wessex and is filled with sheep and fields and moonlit nights and beautiful descriptions, there is a lot more to it than just animals and landscapes.
But I do love the fact that Gabriel Oak was a shepherd, and not say, a pig farmer. I love sheep :) They are so cute! But sheep are actually not the reason why I love this book so much. "Sheep are such unfortunate animals! - there's always something happening to them! I never knew a flock pass a year without getting into some scrape or other."
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