#Farmer Gabriel Oak

[naneki-maid]

“I’ll make her my wife, or upon my soul I shall be good for nothing!”

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

#english literature #literature #words #novels #books #mine #quotes #book quotes #words Farmer Oak never imagined he’d say 💖 #bathsheba everdene #Farmer Gabriel Oak

[thesweetnessofspring]

Reading that Farmer Oak has a coat like Doctor Johnson, looking up who that is and finding out it's this guy:

#thg book club #far from the madding crowd #farmer oak #gabriel oak

[hungergamesbookclub]

Poll for THG Book Club's First Read!

What book should we read for our first Suzanne Read? Summaries of each book and how it relates to THG under the "read more" after the poll if you need more info to choose.

Summary: In Thomas Hardy's first major literary success, independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy, and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. One of his first works set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

How it relates to THG: "Katniss Everdeen owes her last name to Bathsheba Everdene, the lead character in Far From the Madding Crowd. The two are very different, but both struggle with knowing their hearts." Suzanne Collins, 2010

Summary: Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus.

Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

How it relates to THG: The namesake of Coriolanus Snow (ft. Volumnia)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Summary: Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. How he tries to destroy his creation, as it destroys everything Victor loves, is a powerful story of love, friendship, scientific hubris, and horror.

How it relates to THG: Quoted in the epigraph of TBOSAS

Spartacus by Howard Fast

Summary: The story of a slave uprising in the ancient Roman Empire.

How it relates to THG: "There’s a basis for the war, historically, in the Hunger Games, which would be the third servile war, which was Spartacus’ war, where you have a man who is a slave who is then turned into a gladiator who broke out of the gladiator school and led a rebellion and then became the face of the war. So there is a historical precedent for that arc for a character.  But I think I needed the freedom to create elements that I wasn’t going to neatly find in history." Suzanne Collins, 2013

Summary: A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they discover fantastic wildlife and dazzling beaches, learning to survive; at night, they are haunted by nightmares of a primitive beast. Orphaned by society, it isn't long before their innocent childhood games devolve into a savage, murderous hunt …

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

How it relates to THG: "One of my favorite books - I read it every couple of years." Suzanne Collins

#thg book club #the hunger games #suzanne collins #suzanne read #thg poll

[mtk4fun]

THG Book Club: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy - Chapter 1

As a The Hunger Games fanfic writer, I'm looking at Far from the Madding Crowd through a writer's eyes and comparing Thomas Hardy's writing techniques to that of Suzanne Collins (author of THG).  In chapter 1, the first thing I note is the main character is introduced as Farmer Oak. Collins picks names with double meanings -- I'm guessing Hardy does too. "Farmer" because it's his profession, but farmers also plant seeds and wait patiently for them to grow. "Oak" makes me think of a sturdy, stately tree. His first name is revealed to be "Gabriel" which reminds me of the angel who appears to the Virgin Mary.  Our female protagonist is not yet named in this chapter but is described in colorful terms - riding in an ornamental spring wagon painted yellow and gaily marked, and dressed in a crimson jacket with a bright face and dark hair. It's mentioned that a caged canary is in her wagon. I'm thinking this woman is like this canary -- colorful but caged.  From his field, Gabriel spies on her and watches her gaze at herself in a mirror. The author has also mentioned that Gabriel has a habit of peering into his neighbors' windows to see what time it is -- so I'm wondering if this is his flaw -- spying on others to get information or make judgements about them. At the end of the chapter, Gabriel pays the extra two pence the woman needs for the gatekeeper to let her through the gate. The woman doesn't thank him. After she passes, Gabriel tells the gatekeeper that she's vain. Does he put her down because he's hurt he wasn't thanked? In this first chapter I find an interesting comparison to THG. Peeta saves Katniss by throwing her a couple of loaves of burnt bread. But Katniss doesn't thank Peeta. It makes me wonder if Peeta was hurt by it (even if years later he basically says it was no big deal).

#THG book club #chapter 1 #I've never read this book so this may be speculation #comparison to Hardy and Collins writing

[lanadel-heyyy]

i don’t want josh hutcherson to play more villains, i want him to play farmer gabriel oak in a new interpretation of far from the madding crowd

#josh hutcherson #thg book club #gabriel oak #imagine him blonde and carrying a newborn lamb across a field #far from the madding crowd

[tybaltsjuliet]

the things bathsheba everdene and gabriel oak put each other through are actually more deranged than whatever cathy and heathcliff were up to, you just cannot tell because thomas hardy deftly concealed it all within the pages of a farmer’s almanac

#;swan has a word.

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Far from the Madding Crowd

Rating: PG-13

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, Jessica Barden, Hilton McRae, Harry Peacock, Bradley Hall, Sam Phillips, Tilly Vosburgh, Victor McGuire, Jamie Lee-Hill

Release year: 2015

Genres: romance, drama

Blurb: Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer captivated by her fetching wilfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. Bathsheba’s choices and passions explore the nature of relationships and love...as well as the human ability to overcome hardships through resilience and perseverance.

#far from the madding crowd #pg13 #thomas vinterberg #carey mulligan #matthias schoenaerts #michael sheen #tom sturridge #juno temple #2015 #romance #drama

[drnkdazed]

𐐪 a closed starter for @strongxsurvivors featuring gabriel oak.

after the other’s engagement had unexpectedly been announced that night, gabriel retreated to the one place he felt the safest. still, he could hear the boisterous excitement coming from inside the manor as he tended to the horses in the stable. he was in the middle of brushing his favourite horse’s mane when he heard the sound of footsteps entering the stable. assuming it must’ve been one of the lost drunken partygoers, he let out a gentle sigh before turning to face them. instead, his gaze locked with a familiar face and he swore that he could feel his heart lodge in his throat. “what… what are you doing out here?” he questioned, brows furrowing together. just looking at them was enough to cause his heart to ache at this point, the feeling radiating through his chest and causing an unbearable heaviness. “i forgot to tell you congratulations on your engagement. you must be so happy to have found someone truly worthy of you. it’s what you deserve.” while it might have sounded like a backhanded compliment due to their complicated history, he was being genuine. he knew deep down that he had never deserved them. a farmer and someone of their stature could never truly be together.

#strongxsurvivors #thread. gabriel oak. #queued post.

[unit3beth]

Far From The Madding Crowd

Set in around the 1870’s in Britain the film follows the life of Bathsheba Everdene. The official film synopsis says :

Bathsheba Everdene catches the eye of local farmer Gabriel Oak when she arrives to live with her aunt in Dorsey. Declining him offer of marriage, their lives continue to intertwine as fate brings contrasting fortunes to both of them.

The story explores themes of love, nature, deceit and gender roles. Thomas Hardy wrote the book to remind us that beauty can be found in the most unexpected and ordinary places.

Far from the Madding crowd was written by Thomas Hardy in 1874. Originally he published the book anonymously in The Cornhill magazine but later in the same year he published it as a proper book under his name. In 1967 the first film adaptation of the story was created starring Julie Christie as Bathsheba.

SearchlightPictures. (2014). FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD: Official HD Trailer. [Online]. Youtube. Last Updated: 24th November 2014. Available at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6jIf1okR6Nk [Accessed 24 March 2024].

#Youtube

[spokenrealms]

Far from the Madding Crowd (1895 Edition)

Set in rural Victorian England, Far from the Madding Crowd describes the life and relationships of a woman Farmer, Bathsheba Everdene. First with the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak, then her lonely neighbor William Boldwood, and finally, the prodigal soldier Sergeant Frank Troy. Set in Thomas’s imaginary county of Wessex, it deals with themes of love, honor, and betrayal, against a backdrop of the…

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#Chris MacDonnell

[mono-multi]

The gatekeeper surveyed the retreating vehicle. ‘That’s a handsome maid,’ he said to Oak.  ‘But she has  her faults,’ said Gabriel.  ‘True, farmer.’ ‘And the greatest of them is - well, what it is always.’ ‘Beating people down? ay, ‘tis so.’ ‘O no.’ ‘What, then?’ Gabriel, perhands a little piqued by the comely traveller’s indifference, glanced back to where he had witnessed her performance over the hedge, and said, ‘Vanity.’

#far from the madding crowd #thomas hardy

[thesweetnessofspring]

Chapter One - Description of Farmer Oak: An incident.

Much of this chapter is just as the title of it says. So what do we learn about Farmer Gabriel Oak?

Everything about him places him in the middle. He's not blasphemous nor a puritan, he's not young or old, he's steady and measured. His morality is both good and bad, like a "pepper and salt mixture."

He carries not a watch, but a small clock, so old that his grandfather had it before. And while the minutes work the hour does not always work, so he has to rely on the sky or the clocks in other people's houses to know what the time is.

He also doesn't seem one for nitpicking over little things. When the gatekeeper asks the woman for two pence and she refuses, the matter of the cost seems not worth the fight to him and he pays the toll for the woman.

#thg book club #read: far from the madding crowd

[o-avosetta]

Currently reading my first Thomas Hardy novel, and my mind immediately went to Stardew Valley crossover. Here, have a prompt:

Farmer = Bathsheba Everdene

Shane = Gabriel Oak, but with chickens instead of sheep

Problematic!Qi = William Boldwood

Asshole!Alex = Francis Troy

Will probably never write it myself because I love Alex and Qi, so

#writing prompt #fanfiction prompt #stardew valley #sdv #fanfiction #far from the madding crowd #crossover fanfiction

[mtk4fun]

THG Book Club: Far from the Madding Crowd - chapter 6

I experienced the worst case of secondhand embarrassment for Gabriel at the end of chapter 6.

But let's start at the beginning. Two months have passed. Gabriel is looking for a job at a job fair. His first choice is bailiff (that is an overseer or manager), but no one offers him that job. He then decides to be a shepherd, which is an obvious demotion as he was formerly a farmer with his own flock. Still no offers, so he makes up his mind to try his chances at another job fair, one close to Weatherbury where Bathsheba now lives.

On the way there, he sees a fire in a rick yard (where haystacks are stored). He takes charge of the field hands and get the fire put out and thus saves the barn.

The woman who owns that farm watches from afar and is impressed. She calls him forward to thank him and Gabriel (looking `smudged, grimy, and undiscoverable from the smoke and heat, his smock-frock burnt into holes and dripping with water...' goes up the woman on horseback and asks her if she wants a shepherd. 

The women lifts her veil and it's Bathsheba! Her uncle has died suddenly and left her his farm. 

Hardy has reversed the fortunes of this pair. Vain Bathsheba is now rich and solid Farmer Oak is now without means and begging for a job. 

And his question to her about wanting a job as a shepherd also has a double meaning - he literally is asking for a job, but metaphorically he's offering up his shepherding skills in a romantic sense, too. (Remember back in chapter 4 when Bathsheba chewed Gabriel out after his proposal by telling him "I want someone to tame me; I am too independent and you would never be able to, I know." )

With only six chapters read so far, I'm guessing that at the end of the book Gabriel won't "tame Bathsheba" by dominating her,  instead he'll allow her to maintain her personality and free choice because he'll shepherd her and keep her safe. It's an altogether different dynamic.

I must say I love the way Hardy ends chapters on a cliffhanger. So does Suzanne Collins.

She uses the writing technique of reversal quite frequently in the THG. Katniss doesn't want children and has them at the end of the series. Peeta doesn't want the Capitol to turn him into something he's not, but he's hijacked. Gale rages against the Capitol yet his own bomb ends up killing Prim. The list goes on. 

#THG Book Club #Far from the Madding Crowd #chapter 6

[bibliobethblog]

Far From The Madding Crowd is one of Thomas Hardy’s most famous novels and one I’ve been gleefully anticipating reading for a long time now. It follows our fiercely independent heroine Bathsheba Everdene, as she comes to the area of Weatherbury, determined to make her mark as a farmer. ⁣ ⁣ It wouldn’t be Hardy without a train of suitors eager to fall in love with the female lead so we are introduced to three very different men. There is Gabriel Oak, a loyal shepherd, who met Bathsheba before and now works for her on her farm. Then there is fellow farmer and perfect gentleman Boldwood who also has history with Bathsheba after she writes an ill-advised letter to him, soon to regret her actions when he responds to it. Finally, there is brash and confident soldier Sergeant Troy who catches her attention immediately. ⁣ ⁣ I always worry that I’m going to get tired of Hardy’s patterns in fiction, particularly the multiple suitors but for some reason, it never gets old and he manages to flesh out his characters so that they stand on their own in terms of individuality and memorability. As always, I hugely appreciate the attention to detail in terms of his female leads and their attitudes/strong personalities. ⁣ ⁣ Bathsheba was a fascinating character with so many different layers and it was lovely to read about an honest, flawed and opinionated woman who isn’t afraid to be ambitious and driven in her quest to better herself. Furthermore, this isn’t your typical Hardy tragedy where you’re just waiting for the literary axe to fall - it was a surprisingly gentle finale which wrapped up events perfectly. Definitely on my re-read list for the future! ⁣ ⁣ Four solid stars 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 #bookstagramuk #scottishbookstagrammer #bookreview📚 #farfromthemaddingcrowd #thomashardyfarfromthemaddingcrowd #thomashardyfans #booksandplants🌵📖 #penguinclothboundcollection #reviewingbooksonthegram #classicnovelsnevergetold #classicnovellovers https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp3K_LQLIYQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[tctmp]

Drama  Romance

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