The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas (Author); Wilson, Keith (Editor/introduction); Wilson, Keith (Notes by), 9780141439785
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  • ISBN: 9780141439785 | 0141439785
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 5/1/2003

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Thomas Hardy's first masterpiece, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past. His wife ultimately returns to offer Henchard the choice of redemption or a further descent into his own self-destructive nature. A dark, complex story, The Mayor of Casterbridge brims with invention, vitality, and even wit.