The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy, Keith Wilson, Keith Wilson

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Penguin Classics
01 September 2003

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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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.

By: Thomas Hardy
Introduction by: Keith Wilson
Edited by: Keith Wilson
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9780141439785
ISBN 10: 0141439785
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 September 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 and wrote both poetry and novels, including The Mayor of Casterbridge, Far From the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure. He died in 1928. Keith Wilson is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa and has edited Hardy's Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories for Penguin Classics.