Far from the Madding Crowd: personer, tidslinje och platser

Gabriel notices a young woman admiring herself in a mirror and pays to settle her toll dispute.

Gabriel's young dog drives his uninsured sheep over a precipice, destroying his livelihood.

Bathsheba employs Gabriel as her shepherd, and he helps a distressed young stranger on his way to seek lodging.

Bathsheba announces that she will manage her farm without a bailiff and demands fair service from her workers.

Fanny Robin visits Troy at his barracks and asks him to arrange their marriage, but he delays practical steps.

Bathsheba sends Boldwood a valentine as a joke, without seriously considering its marriage invitation.

A mistaken church prevents a wedding, and the angry sergeant refuses to repeat the attempt the next day.

Boldwood proposes to Bathsheba, who admits she does not love him but asks for time.

Bathsheba urgently recalls Gabriel to treat her sick sheep, and he agrees to remain in her employment.

Troy dazzles Bathsheba with sword exercises, cuts off a lock of her hair, and kisses her.

Gabriel and Coggan pursue a supposedly stolen horse and discover Bathsheba driving secretly toward Bath to confront Troy.

Troy reveals to Boldwood that he and Bathsheba are already married.

Bathsheba helps Gabriel protect the grain during a thunderstorm while Troy and the farmhands sleep drunkenly.

Fanny recognizes Troy and collapses; he secretly gives her money and arranges another meeting.

Bathsheba discovers Fanny and her child in the coffin, and Troy declares that Fanny matters more than his wife.

Rain wrecks Fanny's grave, Troy leaves the village, and Bathsheba restores the flowers with Gabriel.

Troy nearly drowns while swimming, but sailors rescue him and take him toward their brig.

Gabriel becomes Bathsheba's bailiff and takes charge of Boldwood's farm, while Boldwood renews his hopes of marriage.

Bathsheba unknowingly watches Troy perform at the sheep fair while he conceals his identity.

Troy returns to claim Bathsheba at Boldwood's party, and Boldwood shoots him.

After a death sentence and a petition for mercy, Boldwood faces confinement rather than execution.

Bathsheba visits Gabriel after his notice of departure, and their misunderstanding gives way to mutual affection.

Bathsheba and Gabriel marry privately, then receive a noisy celebration from their friends.