Overview
The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard-having gained power and success as the mayor-finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a rich, psychological novel about a man whose own flaws combine with fate to cause his ruin.
- | Author: Thomas Hardy, Paula Benitez
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jan 17, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 260 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1542595754
- | ISBN-13: 9781542595759
