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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
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The Mayor of Casterbridge

By Thomas Hardy
Introduction by Keith Wilson
Edited by Keith Wilson
Notes by Keith Wilson

By Thomas Hardy
Introduction by Keith Wilson
Edited by Keith Wilson
Notes by Keith Wilson

By Thomas Hardy
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by Keith Wilson
Edited by Keith Wilson
Notes by Keith Wilson

By Thomas Hardy
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by Keith Wilson
Edited by Keith Wilson
Notes by Keith Wilson

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Apr 29, 2003 | ISBN 9780141439785

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Nov 13, 2018 | ISBN 9780241347775

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    About The Mayor of Casterbridge

    A haunting study of guilt and lost love

    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.

    This edition includes an introduction, chronology of Hardy’s life and works, the illustrations for the original serial issue, place names, maps, glossary, full explanatory notes as well as Hardy’s prefaces to the 1895 and 1912 editions.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Mayor of Casterbridge

    Thomas Hardy’s haunting study of guilt and lost love, now in a beautiful new hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

    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,” The Mayor of Casterbridge, 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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    About Thomas Hardy

    Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester, England. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school…. More about Thomas Hardy

    About Thomas Hardy

    Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester, England. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school…. More about Thomas Hardy

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Paperback | $10.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Apr 29, 2003 | 448 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141439785

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Fiction Classics

    Hardcover | $23.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Nov 13, 2018 | 448 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780241347775

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