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Title: |
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
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| By (author): |
Thomas Hardy Edited by: Norman Page |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551111225 : 9781551111223 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
411 |
| Weight: |
.523 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - March 1997 |
| List Price: |
21.50 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| This 1886 novel may be Hardyâ s most intense and gripping narrative. We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair. When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town. But the downward spiral begins. Henchardâ s fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride. Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and an outcast from society. Prepared by one of the worldâ s leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period. Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged. |
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