The central locale of this work is home to a Roman amphitheater that was reportedly the site of a burning-hanging that saw a husband-killing woman's heart leap out of her body.
The central locale of this work is home to a Roman amphitheater that was reportedly the site of a burning-hanging that saw a husband-killing woman's heart leap out of her body. One character dies of a miscarriage brought on by seeing an effigy of her and the protagonist riding on a donkey. After two characters have a falling-out over the treatment of an employee, they hold competing balls, and the protagonist's is ignored. Jopp blackmailed one character into getting him a job, and before returning the love letters written to him, he read them aloud in an inn. One relationship in this novel begins when the title character sells faulty grain to some bakers and hires a corn expert. Characters in this novel include Richard Newson, Lucetta, Elizabeth-Jane, and Donald Farfrae. For 10 points, name this novel in which Michael Henchard sells his wife and child, written by Thomas Hardy.
The central locale of this work is home to a Roman amphitheater that was reportedly the site of a burning-hanging that saw a husband-killing woman's heart leap out of her body.
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