'Every green was young, every pore was open, and every stalk was swollen with racing currents of juice' WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT Bathsheba Everdene arrives in the small village of Weatherbury and captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer Boldwood and dashing, unscrupulous Sergeant Troy. The battle for her affections will have dramatic, tragic and surprising consequences in this classic tale of love and misunderstanding.