Characters

Gabriel Oak -
Gabriel is Bathshebas first suitor. He is a very honest, kind, hardworking guy. He is a sheep farmer that runs on his own time. Throughout the novel he is seen as a quiet and polite guy, but we also see that he does know how to make his opinions heard.

Bathsheba Everdene-
Bathsheba is a very beautiful but very vain young lady. She is also very intelligent and independent, although we do not see this until later in the novel. At the beginning she has no money, but when she inherits a farm from a relative she chooses to run it herself. This really shows how she is able to rise up against her vainity and take care of herself. She is stuck deciding between three men who are after her heart, Gabriel Oak, William Boldwood, and Francis Troy.

Sergeant Francis Troy-
Troy is basically the male version of Bathsheba. He is a handsome and vain young man. He is one of Bathshebas suitors. They elope after he gets Franny ,a servant girl of Bathsheba, pregnant. After he finds Franny dead from childbirth, he is never able to forgive himself for turning his back on her. He ends up being shot by another of Bathshebas suitors, William Boldwood.

William Boldwood-
William is another of Bathshebas suitors. He is a respeceted and reserved middle aged man. He has a fram near Bathshebas, and he falls in love with her after she takes the iniative. He actually becomes obsessed with her and can't stand the thought of ever being without her. He goes crazy and shoots Francis at a party, and is sentenced to life in prison.

Franny Robin-
She is a servent girl of Bathsheba who gets pregnant by Francis. They attempt to get married but a confusion as to which church the wedding was at caused them to be a t different churches. Francis gets angry and decides not to marry her. She ends up dying in childbirth.

=__**Minor Characters**__=

Liddy Smallbury- Bathsheba's maid

Jan Coggan- Worker on the farm and Gabriels friend.

Joseph Poorgrass- Worker on the farm.

Cainy Ball- young boy who is Gabriels assistant on the farm.

Pennyways- Bathsheba's baliff on the farm who she fires for stealing.

Henry Frey- Worker on the farm.

George- Gabriels sheepdog.

Matthew Moon- Worker on the farm.

Jacob Smallbury- Owns the tavern in town. Liddy's father

William Smallbury- Jacobs son.

Laban Tall- Middle aged mman married to Susan Tall. Basically known as Susans husband.

Susan Tall- Labans wife, she is the one in charge in the marriage.