As the book opens, three people--a husband, picture of lesbian sex a wife, and an infant daughter--are entering the large Wessex village picture of lesbian sex of Weydon-Priors. The man is an unemployed hay-trusser, a skilled farm worker. He and his wife are walking together physically, but
they are mentally far apart. Hardy picture of lesbian sex emphasizes picture of lesbian sex this mental separation by describing the "perfect silence" between the husband picture of lesbian sex and wife, and the fact that the wife "enjoyed no society whatever" picture of lesbian sex from having her husband alongside picture of lesbian sex her. You also learn picture of lesbian sex that picture of lesbian sex this distance between the couple is not a new thing. No recent incident has separated them. Instead, their alienation from each other is clearly a picture of lesbian sex natural part of their relationship. As Hardy notes, they have a "stale familiarity" about them. Recognizing the type of relationship that Michael and Susan Henchard have with each other will picture of lesbian sex help you understand why he auctions her later in this chapter, why she agrees to leave with the sailor after the picture of lesbian sex auction, and what kind of marriage they will have when she returns to him later in the novel.
Take note of Hardy's first descriptions of the Henchards. He refers to them as "the man," "the woman," "the wife," and "the couple." They have no names yet. It is as if Hardy wants you to feel a sense of distance from them.
picture of lesbian sex yet, from the first, the man is clearly the more interesting character. Picture of lesbian sex his features are sharply etched, and his walk is distinctive. The woman, on the other hand, has no real distinguishing features. She is somewhat pretty, if the sunlight strikes her picture of lesbian sex in a certain picture of lesbian sex way. Hardy describes picture of lesbian sex her face as having picture of lesbian sex a "mobility" about it. As you will see, mobility is an apt picture of lesbian sex word to describe Susan. She allows herself to be moved picture of lesbian sex from place to place and from man to man. Michael Henchard is an active person, characterized