Far from the Madding Crowd: resumo de Chapter 10

O que acontece

1. Bathsheba announces the bailiff’s dismissal for theft and her decision to manage the farm herself.
2. The workers report unsuccessful searches for Fanny while William Smallbury remains absent.
3. Bathsheba distributes wages and gifts, questions her workers, and sharply stops Henery Fray’s interference.
4. She appoints Cain Ball as under-shepherd and treats Gabriel Oak with a cool formality that surprises him.
5. William returns from Casterbridge and concludes that Fanny follows her unnamed sweetheart in a departing regiment.
6. Bathsheba orders news sent to Farmer Boldwood and promises energetic management in exchange for honest work.

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O que observar

Bathsheba openly identifies the change in leadership. Her speech makes gender central to her demand for obedience and fair conduct.

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