Far from the Madding Crowd · Character
Billy Smallbury
Elderly farmhand and father of Liddy, part of the Weatherbury community.
minor
Also known as Billy, William Smallbury, Smallbury
First appearance: viii the malthouse the chat news
Billy Smallbury shows up with force in VI: The Fair; The Journey; The Fire. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Billy Smallbury is one of the wagoners whose conversation Gabriel overhears; he comments on the vanity of a woman he believes to be Bathsheba.
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In VI: The Fair; The Journey; The Fire: Billy Smallbury is one of the wagoners whose conversation Gabriel overhears; he comments on the vanity of a woman he believes to be Bathsheba. Later, in X: Mistress and Men:…
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In this scene, Bathsheba reaches an emotional and psychological peak of feverish, impulsive passion as she wri…
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