The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: The Story of a Man of Character
by Hardy, Thomas
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- good
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0606010556
- ISBN 13
- 9780606010559
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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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- Title
- The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge: The Story of a Man of Character
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Library Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0606010556
- ISBN 13
- 9780606010559
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books
- Date Published
- 1988
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