The Mayor Of Casterbridge - 9781978008229

At a country fair near Casterbridge, Wessex, a young hay-trusser named Michael Henchard gets drunk on rum-laced furmity and argues with his wife, Susan. He decides to auction off his wife and baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to a sailor, Mr. Newson, for five guineas. Sober the next day, he is too late to recover his family. When he realises that his wife and daughter are gone, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far (21).

• | Author: Thomas Hardy
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1978008228
• | ISBN-13: 9781978008229