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In drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby at a country fair. Over the following years, he establishes himself as a pillar of society but his shameful secret is never to leave him. Featuring one of Hardy's most memorable characters, the novel portrays Victorian country life.Read More

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  • Foyles

    'Hardy's is a world that can never disappear' Margaret DrabbleSubtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful study of the heroic but deeply flawed Michael Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town. Its events are set in motion when, in a fit of drunken anger, 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 pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success lurks the shameful secret of his past. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson

  • Play

    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.

  • BookDepository

    The Mayor of Casterbridge : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141439785 : 0141439785 : 01 May 2003 : 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, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper.

  • ASDA

    In drunken anger Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby at a country fair. Over the following years he establishes himself as a pillar of society but his shameful secret is never to leave him. Featuring one of Hardy's most memorable characters the novel portrays Victorian country life.

  • Blackwell

    Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson. 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...

  • Penguin

    'I've not always been what I am now' In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair.

  • Pickabook

    Thomas Hardy, Keith Wilson (Editor), Keith Wilson

  • 0141439785
  • 9780141439785
  • Thomas Hardy
  • 27 March 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
  • Rev Ed
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