The life and death of the mayor of Casterbridge

a story of a man of character

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The life and death of the mayor of Casterbridge

a story of a man of character

  • 3.5 (11 ratings) ·
  • 57 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

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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Collins
Language
English
Pages
318

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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
The Mayor of Casterbridge: the life and death of a man of character
2007, Penguin
in English
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 life and death 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, p317-318.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.8
Library of Congress
PR4750 .M25 1980

The Physical Object

Pagination
318p. :
Number of pages
318

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22426562M
Internet Archive
lifedeathofmayor0000hard_x7a8
ISBN 10
0004245350
OCLC/WorldCat
472250862, 8485844
Library Thing
7342
Goodreads
7203526

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