The Mayor of Casterbridge Paperback - 1997
by Thomas Hardy; Norman Page (Editor)
From the rear cover
This 1886 novel may be Hardy's most intense and gripping narrative. We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair. When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town. But the downward spiral begins. Henchard's fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride. Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and an outcast from society.
Prepared by one of the world's leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period. Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged.
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- Title The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Author Thomas Hardy; Norman Page (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Pages 411
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Broadview Press Inc, Peterborough, ON, Canada
- Date 1997-03
- ISBN 9781551111223 / 1551111225
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.43 x 0.8 in (21.39 x 13.79 x 2.03 cm)
- Reading level 1090
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96932349
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Library Journal, 03/01/1998, Page 132
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