Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. There are three men who would very much like to marry Bathsheba. When she falls in love with one of them, she soon wishes she had kept her independence. She learns that love brings misery, pain, and violent passions that can destroy lives.

1. Gabriel Oak falls in love
2. Disaster for Gabriel Oak
3. The fire
4. Fanny Robin disappears
5. Bathsheba sends a valentine
6. Fanny's mistake
7. Farmer Boldwood proposes marriage
8. Bathsheba's sheep in danger
9. Bathsheba meets a handsome soldier
10. Bathsheba in love
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