# Mr. Barker — Far from the Madding Crowd character guide

> Mr. Barker in Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a young Mr. Barker

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-a-girl-on-horseback-conversation

## Who they are

A young man who courts Bathsheba before the story begins.

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