The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy author Keith Wilson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:27th Mar '03

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'Hardy's is a world that can never disappear' Margaret Drabble

Subtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful study of the heroic but deeply flawed Michael Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town. Its events are set in motion when, in a fit of drunken anger, 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 pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success lurks the shameful secret of his past.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson

“Hardy’s world is a world that can never disappear.” —Margaret Drabble

ISBN: 9780141439785

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm

Weight: 326g

448 pages