![]() ![]() It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle. The Battle of Life is an 1846 novel by Charles Dickens. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. The sudden return of his wife and daughter presents Henchard with a chance to finally make things right-or doom himself forever. But when Henchard falls in love with a young woman on a trip to the island of Jersey, his inability to marry her threatens to destroy her reputation. ![]() Eighteen years later, he is the wealthy-and sober-mayor of Casterbridge, his terrible secret buried deep in the past. The next morning, Henchard swears off drink. He sells his family to a sailor for five guineas, a monstrous crime that marks him for a lifetime of guilt and pain. At the town fair, Henchard quarrels with his wife and drunkenly auctions her and his daughter to the assembled crowd. Summary A captivating story of love and regret from the author of Tess of the D’Urbervilles and The Return of the Native Young farm worker Michael Henchard arrives in Casterbridge, Wessex, with his wife and child, looking for a job. READ The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy ![]()
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