Vocabulary: 6 uses of 'set' - Far from the Madding Crowd part one

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Hello, my name's Mariam. Today's story is set two hundred years ago in the beautiful
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English countryside. It's about the life and relationships of a young woman called Bathsheba
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who works hard on her uncle's farm, where she attracts the attention of three men who
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all set their sights on marrying her. Let me tell you about the first man. His name
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is Gabriel Oak and he is also a farmer - so you would think they have a lot in common.
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She saves his life and then he asks her to marry him. However, she is dead set against
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the idea and so says 'no.' Later, Gabriel's flock of sheep is destroyed
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and he sets off to find new work and he finds a job as shepherd on Bathsheba's farm, which
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she has now inherited from her uncle. She sets out to manage the farm herself despite
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some people saying that, as a woman, she won't be able to cope.
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Anyway, one day, for fun, she sends a valentine's card to her neighbour - a wealthy landowner
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called Mr Boldwood. This sets him off thinking that she's keen on him, so he asks her to marry him.
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But once again she says 'no'. However, Mr Boldwood becomes obsessed with her and pursues her,
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in the hope that one day she will say 'yes'. Now enter the third man, Sergeant Francis
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Troy - a charming military man who attracts Bathsheba's attention and eventually they
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get married. But things don't run smoothly. Let me tell
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you what happens next in the second part of the story. See you then.
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