The Mayor of Casterbridge (Collins Classics)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Mayor of Casterbridge (Collins Classics)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Hardy
SeriesCollins Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780007902118
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint William Collins
Publication Date 1 October 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.' When Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser gets drunk and sells his wife at a country fair, his life will never be the same. Eighteen years later, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge to find that Henchard has become Mayor. Although he's spent most of his life attempting to repent for his actions, he remains a rash and impetuous man. Hardy portrays Henchard as a tragic hero, searching for love and acceptance from the community around him, posing the overarching question of whether we shape our own fate, or whether life deals us an inevitable hand.

Author Biography

THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) was an English author and poet best known for his literary masterpieces Jude the Obscure, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, and The Mayor of Casterbridge. While he achieved success during his lifetime for his novels, Hardy considered himself first and foremost a poet, and his poetry is today recognized as a significant influence on the Movement poets of the 1950s and 1960s.