The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

Published: 2014-05-05

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9350839261

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'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge and considered one of Hardy's greatest works. A young hay-trusser named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunkenness, has decided to sell his wife and daughter at a fair. Afterwards Henchard becomes a wealthy man and the mayor of the town Casterbridge. His wife and daughter find him after a number of years. In the end, it is neither his daughter nor his wife who ruins him but his own self-destructive nature. The original flavour of this classic has been carefully retained in this abridged version.

The Mayor of Casterbridge Illustrated

The Mayor of Casterbridge Illustrated PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-24

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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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.

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated)

The Mayor of Casterbridge (Illustrated) PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher:

Published: 2021-10-09

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13:

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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.

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Published: 1886

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780783803517

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One of Hardy's most powerful novels, "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. This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative 1912 Wessex edition, as well as Hardy's map of Wessex.

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge PDF

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher:

Published: 1902

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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