The Mayor of Casterbridge
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge

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Thomas Hardy (Author) Keith Wilson (Contributor)  

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'Hardy's is a world that can never disappear' Margaret Drabble Subtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful study of the heroic but deeply flawed Michael Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town. Its events are set in motion when, in a fit of drunken anger, 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 pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success lurks the shameful secret of his past. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson
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.
  • Contributor: Thomas Hardy
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN13: 9780141439785
  • Number of Pages: 448
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x25mm
  • Packaged Weight: 326
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Release Date: 2003-03-27
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: 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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