Book Vs. Film: Far from the Madding Crowd edition
Book Vs. Film: Far from the Madding Crowd edition
How well do you know Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd? Can you tell the book from its film adaptation?
How well do you know Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd? Can you tell the book from its film adaptation?

The story begins when Gabriel proposes marriage to Bathsheba
Bathsheba becomes mistress of a sheep farm
Farmer Boldwood attends the hiring fair looking for a bailiff
Bathsheba's servant, Liddy, provokes her into sending a valentine card to Farmer Boldwood
Before meeting Bathsheba, Frank was engaged to marry Fanny Robin
Bathsheba writes a rejection to Boldwood's marriage proposal
Bathsheba is initially irritated by Frank before warming up to him
We see Bathsheba marry Frank in Bath
Frank gives Bathsheba a clock for a wedding gift
Frank has a lock of hair, which Bathsheba realises is Fanny Robin's when she looks in Fanny's coffin
Frank nearly drowns himself after Fanny dies, and is presumed dead
Bathsheba marries Mr Boldwood after her husband is presumed drowned
We see nothing of Frank between the circus and Boldwood's Christmas party
After Frank's death, Bathsheba tells Gabriel the only reason she won't marry him is "because you never ask!"
Even when Bathsheba marries Gabriel, the focus is still on her gift from Frank