'Life is an oasis which is submerged in the swirling waves of sorrows and agonies.' Drunk and angry, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor. When he sobers it is too late to put right his actions. After years of sobriety and prosperity, Henchard's past returns to haunts his hopes of a happy future. Hardy's novel is a tragic masterpiece, beautifully constructed and filled with Hardy's most stunningly descriptive writing.
'Life is an oasis which is submerged in the swirling waves of sorrows and agonies.' Drunk and angry, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor. When he sobers it is too late to put right his actions. After years of sobriety and prosperity, Henchard's past returns to haunts his hopes of a happy future. Hardy's novel is a tragic masterpiece, beautifully constructed and filled with Hardy's most stunningly descriptive writing.
