As a child, this novel's protagonist works as a scarecrow but is fired when Farmer Troutham catches him talking to the birds.
One character in this novel tells of a man who was hanged for stealing a coffin for his dead child. The protagonist of this work is so moved by the hymn "The Foot of the Cross" that he visits its composer. As a child, this novel's protagonist works as a scarecrow but is fired when Farmer Troutham catches him talking to the birds. Doctor Vilbert sells a love potion to a character who tricks this work's protagonist into marriage by pretending to be pregnant. One of its characters leaves a note reading "Done because we are too menny" after hanging himself and his siblings. Following the death of Little Father Time, Sue Bridehead becomes religious, and this novel's title character remarries Arabella Donn. For 10 points, name this work about a stonemason, the last novel of Thomas Hardy.
One character in this novel tells of a man who was hanged for stealing a coffin for his dead child.
Jude the Obscure