Thomas Hardy | The Mayor Of Casterbridges
The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of Thomas Hardy's most powerful psychological novels, a tragic exploration of pride, guilt, fate and the enduring consequences of a single reckless act. In a moment of drunken anger, young Michael Henchard sells his wife Susan and their daughter to a sailor for five guineas. Horrified by what he has done, he vows to abstain from alcohol for twenty-one years.
Years later, Henchard has transformed himself into a prosperous merchant and the respected Mayor of Casterbridge. Yet when his past unexpectedly returns, the life and reputation he has painstakingly built begin to unravel. Set against Hardy's vividly imagined Wessex, the novel charts the rise and fall of a formidable but deeply flawed man whose pride, temper and impulsive decisions repeatedly shape his destiny. Dramatic, compassionate and psychologically acute, The Mayor of Casterbridge remains a compelling study of character and one of Hardy's defining works.
- • Publisher: Penguin Books
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Year of publication: 1994
• Number of pages: 386
• Dimensions: approximately 180 × 110 mm
• Weight: approximately 250 g
• Genre: English classic, Victorian novel, psychological and tragic fiction






