The mayor of Casterbridge

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The mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
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The mayor of Casterbridge

an authoritative text, backgrounds criticism

1st ed.
  • 3.55 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 55 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

Tells the story about a headstrong man who rises to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in his town. Despite his great wealth and power, however, his past comes back to haunt him, his fortunes turn for the worst, and he ends up at the mercy of his arch rival.

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Publisher
Norton
Pages
436

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Cover of: The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2014, W F Howes Ltd
in English
Cover of: The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
July 27, 2010, Vintage Classics
Paperback
Cover of: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
2006, Elibron Classics
in English
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
1998, G.K. Hall
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: Mayor of Casterbridge (New Windmill Classics)
Mayor of Casterbridge (New Windmill Classics)
June 22, 1993, Heinemann Educational Secondary Division
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
1983, Dent
in English
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
1983, Dent
in English
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
Cover of: The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1972, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
1964, Heritage Press

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 435-436.

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Published in
New York
Series
Norton critical editions

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.H222 M47, PR4750.M25 M47, PR4750 .M3 1977, PR4750 M47, PR4750.M3 R6 1977

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 436 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Number of pages
436

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21470881M
ISBN 10
0393044599
LCCN
76057983
OCLC/WorldCat
2968772
Library Thing
8588883
Goodreads
2381794

Work Description

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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