The Mayor of Casterbridge
- 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 his ruin. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative 1912 Wessex edition, as well as Hardy’s map of Wessex.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760068 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 23mm x 131mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“Hardy’s world is a world that can never disappear.” -Margaret Drabble
“Hardy’s world is a world that can never disappear.” —Margaret Drabble
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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