Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Fiction Literary

<p><strong>Bathsheeba Everdene (the only girl in this ahm ménage à quatre) has three suitors she must choose among:</strong> Gabriel Oak; wealthy temperate and middle-aged Farmer Boldwood; and Sergeant Francis Troy. And you know she picks the wrong one don't you? -- This is a Thomas Hardy novel for God's sake; things never work out right for anybody. But all the same there's a lot to be learned from the way fate finds the characters . . .</p>