Drunken Henchard sells wife at fair. Sober, he reforms, becomes mayor but past catches up when wife returns years later.

In a drunken and disheartened state, Michael Henchard sells his wife at a fair. When he becomes sober again, he realizes what he has done, and though unable to find his wife and child, changes his ways. He becomes the Mayor of the town. Nearly twenty years later, his past comes back to haunt him.—<[email protected]>