One of the main scenes in this novel is a skimmington ride which incites the death of one of the main characters. It is a furmity seller who sets most of the action into motion, though it is the gossip of ignoble townspeople 
One of the main scenes in this novel is a skimmington ride which incites the death of one of the main characters. It is a furmity seller who sets most of the action into motion, though it is the gossip of ignoble townspeople such as Mother Cuxsom and the carelessness of Jopp that causes the skimmy ride that causes the apoplexy of the woman who had arrived earlier from Jersey, Lucetta LeSueur. The fate of the title character is sealed when a sailor arrives after a long absence, ruining everything that the title character had had with his supposed daughter, Elizabeth Jane. FTP, name this novel about the downfall of a public official in Wessex, a novel by Thomas Hardy.
One of the main scenes in this novel is a skimmington ride which incites the death of one of the main characters.