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Quotation from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
“When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears”
Far from the Madding Crowd, Vol. I, Ch. I (Ch. 1) (Project Gutenberg text (1874 first edition))
The opening words of the novel, introducing Gabriel Oak.
Citation: "When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears" — Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Vol. I, Ch. I (Ch. 1) (Project Gutenberg text (1874 first edition)). (id far-from-the-madding-crowd-q1)
Portrait: Thomashardy restored, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.
