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Why so many marginal characters? or were they important and I missed their importance? The ones who come back made for a novelistic sweet surprise; the ones who never returned made for unnecessary confusion.
While I am peeved about the introduction in the last two chapters of a heavyweighted piece of symbolism (the caged goldfish wedding gift that starves to death), I recognize that it is symbolic of the protagonist's life, his daughter's and his wife's life.... after all, he sold his wife in a d ...more
While I am peeved about the introduction in the last two chapters of a heavyweighted piece of symbolism (the caged goldfish wedding gift that starves to death), I recognize that it is symbolic of the protagonist's life, his daughter's and his wife's life.... after all, he sold his wife in a d ...more
The story begins when the main character in the novel, Michael Henchard, sells his wife and newborn daughter after getting drunk on furmity laced with rum. Even though he swears off alcohol for the following 21 years his character improves little. He becomes successful in business and politics but due to his highly flawed character he cannot maintain his success. His daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, is intelligent and caring but she is so rigid in her belief of what is proper that she too is hard to li
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