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Michael Henchard sold his wife and daughter to Newson in ____ guineas

In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, a drunken Michael Henchard auctions off his wife Susan and baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane at Weydon-Priors fair to the sailor…

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Michael Henchard sold his wife and daughter to Newson in ____ guineas

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In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, a drunken Michael Henchard auctions off his wife Susan and baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane at Weydon-Priors fair to the sailor Richard Newson for five guineas.

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