The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Life and Death of a Man of Character
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2003
Summary
In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Subtitled ‘A Story of a Man of Character’, Hardy’s powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439785 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141439785 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy, Keith Wilson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2003 |
| Weight: | 328g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Penguin 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
Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and wrote both poetry and novels, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far From the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure. He died in 1928.
Keith Wilson is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa and has edited Hardy’s Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories for Penguin Classics.
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