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A reading of Thomas Hardy's "The Workbox"

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English

 

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January 10, 2016

 

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The opening lines begin with the husband presenting his wife with a gift made of his own hand, a sewing box "[t]hat [he] made of polished oak" (2). The wife seems genuinely pleased with his offering, smiling and saying, "'Twill last all my sewing years!" (8). As the story continues, the husband tells his wife about the origin of the wood (the wood was a remnant of John Wayward's coffin) of which her workbox is made and how he was thinking, as he labored on the box, of the various ways in which timber reached its end...
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As the story continues, the husband tells his wife about the origin of the wood (the wood was a remnant of John Wayward's coffin) of which her workbox is made and how he was thinking, as he labored on the box, of the various ways in which timber reached its end. As the husband tells his story, he notices his wife's reaction and realizes she has become upset...
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