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.

Standard ed.
  • 3.55 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 55 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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Publisher
Harper & Row
Language
English
Pages
363

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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
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1972, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: The life and death of the mayor of Casterbridge
Cover of: The mayor of Casterbridge
The mayor of Casterbridge
1964, Heritage Press

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Edition Notes

"The text of this edition is reprinted from the definitive Wessex edition of 1912, carefully edited by Hardy."
Previous editions published under title: The mayor of Casterbridge.

Published in
New York
Series
A Perennial classic, P3065D
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.H222 M41, PR4750.M25 M41

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxvi, 363 p.
Number of pages
363

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5983440M
Internet Archive
lifedeathofmayor0000hard_b0b5
LCCN
66012789
OCLC/WorldCat
2304755
Library Thing
7342

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