The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Author:
Thomas Hardy
Published:
Random House Publishing Group 2005
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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.

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Street Date:
11/29/2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780553902136
ASIN:
B000FCKKQ2
Accelerated Reader:
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Level 9.5, 22 Points

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Thomas Hardy. (2005). The Mayor of Casterbridge. Random House Publishing Group.

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Thomas Hardy. 2005. The Mayor of Casterbridge. Random House Publishing Group.

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Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge. Random House Publishing Group, 2005.

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Thomas Hardy. The Mayor of Casterbridge. Random House Publishing Group, 2005.

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