The Mayor of Casterbridge
$43.12
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2016
Summary
One of Hardy’s greatest works, now in a beautiful Vintage Classics package–the story of the dramatic rise and fall of a brooding and brutal man.
The Mayor of Casterbridge, one of Thomas Hardy’s most powerful novels, opens with a scene of shocking heartlessness. In a fit of drunken rage, Michael Henchard, an out-of-work laborer, sells his wife and baby daughter to a passing sailor. When the horror of what he has done dawns on him the next day, he determines to set his life on a differe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345804013 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345804015 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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About The Author
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset, England, son of a stonemason. Though a gifted student, he was unable to afford to attend university. He was apprenticed to an architect at age sixteen and worked in London for several years before returning to Dorset and dedicating himself to writing novels and poems. He is most famous for his novels Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude the Obscure, and Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
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