Amazing, Brave, Independent Yet Vulnerable: Understanding Bathsheba Everdene’s Struggle for Autonomy Bathsheba Everdene, the unforgettable heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd, is a character defined by her fierce independence, yet tempered by vulnerability. Bathsheba Everdene stands out in Victorian literature as a woman striving for self-reliance in a world that often confined … Continue reading “Amazing Bathsheba Everdene’s Bold Choices in Far from the Madding Crowd: A Closer Look: A Brave Heroine.”