One character in this novel takes a forty-mile train ride and walks nine miles every year just so she can see a certain gentleman. Another character asks if she should replace a misplaced expression in her calculations while discussing whether or not she should assent to a marriage proposal. Divided into three books called "Sowing," "Reaping," and "Garnering," it features a character who is dissatisfied with his marriage to a drunken wife and desires to marry Rachael instead. That character dies after falling into Old Hell Shaft, and is named Stephen Blackpool. In this novel, a circus performe
One character in this novel takes a forty-mile train ride and walks nine miles every year just so she can see a certain gentleman. Another character asks if she should replace a misplaced expression in her calculations while discussing whether or not she should assent to a marriage proposal. Divided into three books called "Sowing," "Reaping," and "Garnering," it features a character who is dissatisfied with his marriage to a drunken wife and desires to marry Rachael instead. That character dies after falling into Old Hell Shaft, and is named Stephen Blackpool. In this novel, a circus performer abandons his daughter, Sissy Jupe, who is taken in by the father of Louisa, or Loo. Other characters include Josiah Bounderby and the fact-obsessed Thomas Gradgrind. For 10 points, name this Dickens novel.
One character in this novel takes a forty-mile train ride and walks nine miles every year just so she can see a certain gentleman.
Hard Times