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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge. New York, Modern Library [1950] (OCoLC)564403117 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Hardy |
| OCLC Number: | 936993 |
| Description: | xxiv, 432 p. front. 19 cm. |
| Series Title: | Modern Library college editions, T20 |
| Responsibility: | With an introd. by Samuel C. Chew. |
Abstract:
Thomas Hardy's first masterpiece, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past. His wife ultimately returns to offer Henchard the choice of redemption or a further descent into his own self-destructive nature. A dark, complex story, The Mayor of Casterbridge brims with invention, vitality, and even wit.
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