Shrnutí Far from the Madding Crowd: Chapter 1

Co se stane

1. Gabriel Oak is introduced as a modest, unmarried farmer of twenty-eight, with practical habits and an unreliable watch.
2. On a mild December morning, he sees a wagon carrying furniture, plants, animals, and an attractive young woman.
3. While the driver retrieves a fallen tailboard, the woman unwraps a mirror, admires herself, smiles, and blushes.
4. Oak follows the wagon to a tollgate, where the driver and keeper argue over twopence.
5. Oak pays the disputed sum, but the woman leaves without speaking her thanks.
6. When the keeper praises her looks, Oak identifies vanity as her greatest fault.

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Na co se zaměřit

The sentence expresses the judgment surrounding the woman’s self-admiration. Her unexplained action becomes the basis for Oak’s closing accusation of vanity.

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