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Quotation from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

“I want somebody to tame me; I am too independent”

Thomas Hardy (spoken by Bathsheba Everdene)

Far from the Madding Crowd, Vol. I, Ch. IV (Ch. 4) (Project Gutenberg text (1874 first edition))

Portrait of Thomas Hardy

Bathsheba refuses Gabriel's first proposal.

Citation: "I want somebody to tame me; I am too independent" — Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, Vol. I, Ch. IV (Ch. 4) (Project Gutenberg text (1874 first edition)). (id far-from-the-madding-crowd-q3)

Portrait: Thomashardy restored, Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain.

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