The Mayor of Casterbridge Paperback / softback
by Thomas Hardy
Edited by Norman Page
Part of the Broadview Literary Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
This 1886 novel may be Hardy’s most intense and gripping narrative.
We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair.
When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town.
But the downward spiral begins. Henchard’s fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride.
Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and an outcast from society. Prepared by one of the world’s leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period.
Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:411 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/1997
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- ISBN:9781551111223
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:411 pages
- Publisher:Broadview Press Ltd
- Publication Date:30/03/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9781551111223
