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

Hello, my name's Mariam. Today's story is set two hundred years ago in the beautiful

English countryside. It's about the life and relationships of a young woman called Bathsheba

who works hard on her uncle's farm, where she attracts the attention of three men who

all set their sights on marrying her. Let me tell you about the first man. His name

is Gabriel Oak and he is also a farmer - so you would think they have a lot in common.

She saves his life and then he asks her to marry him. However, she is dead set against

the idea and so says 'no.' Later, Gabriel's flock of sheep is destroyed

and he sets off to find new work and he finds a job as shepherd on Bathsheba's farm, which

she has now inherited from her uncle. She sets out to manage the farm herself despite

some people saying that, as a woman, she won't be able to cope.

Anyway, one day, for fun, she sends a valentine's card to her neighbour - a wealthy landowner

called Mr Boldwood. This sets him off thinking that she's keen on him, so he asks her to marry him.

But once again she says 'no'. However, Mr Boldwood becomes obsessed with her and pursues her,

in the hope that one day she will say 'yes'. Now enter the third man, Sergeant Francis

Troy - a charming military man who attracts Bathsheba's attention and eventually they

get married. But things don't run smoothly. Let me tell

you what happens next in the second part of the story. See you then.