The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: A Story of a Man of Character
by Hardy, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003756
- Title
- The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: A Story of a Man of Character
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Thomas Hardy, English Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Thomas Hardy Related;
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