The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge : a story of a man of character
by Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
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Synopsis
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 flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- 248318
- Title
- The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge : a story of a man of character
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 6th Edition or Higher
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1960
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