| The Mayor of Casterbridge Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345804015 ISBN-13: 9780345804013 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017286078 |
| Lexile Measure: 1090 |
| Series: Vintage Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10040 Reading Level: 9.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Mayor of Casterbridge, one of Thomas Hardy's most powerful novels, opens with a scene of shocking heartlessness. In a fit of drunken rage, Michael Henchard, an out-of-work laborer, sells his wife and baby daughter to a passing sailor. When the horror of what he has done dawns on him the next day, he determines to set his life on a different path, and through years of hard work and ambition rises to become the rich and respectable mayor of his town. Secret guilt continues to haunt this proud and brooding man, however, and when his wife and grown daughter return to Casterbridge, Henchard is set on the path to a dramatic confrontation with his own deeply flawed nature. Hardy's keen insight into the course of wayward lives and his instinctive feel for the beauty of the rural landscape come together in this unforgettable portrait of a tragic hero. |