The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: A story of a man of character
by Thomas Hardy
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0333168828
- ISBN 13
- 9780333168820
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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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- R Bookmark (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 196960
- Title
- The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: A story of a man of character
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0333168828
- ISBN 13
- 9780333168820
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- January 1974
- Pages
- 384
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