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Aug 2022
40m 32s

Far from the Madding Crowd: A Girl on Ho...

Bedtime Stories with Taesha Glasgow
About this episode

Fall asleep tonight to the continuation of Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. Published in 1874, this was Hardy's first literary success. In this episode, Farmer Oak talks to Bathsheba Everdene and soon falls in love with her. His marriage proposal, however, might not be well received.



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