The Mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy

Driven by drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and infant daughter for five guineas at a fair. Despite this shameful act, he later achieves prosperity and respectability in Casterbridge, though his past and his prideful, volatile nature remain a constant threat to his success. Hardy’s subtitle, “A Story of a Man of Character”, reflects this dramatic and tragic tale of the flawed hero Henchard, set against the detailed backdrop of a Dorsetshire town

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Penguin Books, 1985. Com 440 p.; 18 cm; Broch.
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