The Life and Death of The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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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.
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- HALCYON BOOKS (GB)
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- Title
- The Life and Death of The Mayor of Casterbridge
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Date Published
- 1991
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- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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