These interests were evident in his novels as well as the lifestyles of the country folk. His mother was an avid reader and thanks to his parents, Hardy was introduced to architecture and music and grew to love them. He was bon in the village of Upper Bockhampton in Dorset, England in 1840, His father was a stone mason as well as a violinist. Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novelist. Published in 1886, Thomas Hardy�s classic is a must-have for every young reader. After a few years, Elizabeth-Jane marries Donald Farfrae and when she goes looking for Henchard, she learns that he has left a will requesting no funeral. By a twist of fate, Henchard goes bankrupt and is compelled to work as Farfrae�s employee.Henchard�s brief relationship with Lucetta�the one who had nursed him back to health�no longer remains a secret. Donald Farfrae, a young Scotsman, has been hired by Henchard as his business manager. Meanwhile, Henchard has become the Mayor of Casterbridge and Newson, the sailor to whom Henchard had auctioned off his wife has gone missing. Eighteen years later, Susan and Elizabeth-Jane return in search of Henchard and come to know that he now lives in Casterbridge. When Henchard realises his mistake, he vows to stay away from liquor for 21 years. Michael Henchard, an unemployed hay-trusser, in a state of drunkenness sells his wife Susan and daughter Elizabeth-Jane for five guineas to a sailor during a fair at Weydon-Priors.
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