Far from the Madding Crowd she screams. At this, Boldwood shoots Troy dead and tries unsuccessfully to turn the gun on himself. Although Boldwood is convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged, his friends petition the Home Secretary for mercy, claiming insanity. This is granted, and Boldwood's sentence is commuted to "confinement during Her Majesty's pleasure". Bathsheba, profoundly chastened by guilt and grief, buries her husband in the same grave as Fanny Robin and her child and adds a suitable inscription. Throughout her tribulations, Bathsheba comes to rely increasingly on her oldest and, as she admits to herself, only real friend, Gabriel. When he
Faces in the Crowd (novel) Faces in the Crowd (novel) Faces in the Crowd is a novel published by the Mexican author Valeria Luiselli in 2011 (originally under the title "Los ingrávidos"). Christina MacSweeney's English translation was published by Coffee House Press in 2014. The novel chronicles three parallel yet intersecting narrative realities. The first narrative is set in Mexico City and follows a young mother writing a memoir of her bohemian days working as a translator of Mexican poetry in Harlem as her marriage is falling apart. The second narrative is set in Harlem, and follows the misadventures of a young translator who creates