The Mayor of Casterbridge
$29.84
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2002
Summary
One of Hardy’s most powerful novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene- In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard-having gained power and success as the mayor-finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a rich, psychological novel about a man whose own flaws combine with fate to cause h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760067 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy, J.I.M. Stewart |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“Hardy’s world is a world that can never disappear.” -Margaret Drabble
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About The Author
Thomas Hardy
J.I.M. Stewart (1906–1994) was the author of Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography; Character and Motive in Shakespeare and Eight Modern Writers, among other works.
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