The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge
by Hardy, Thomas (ed. & intro. Vivian de Sola Pinto)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; neat owner's i
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC88541
- Title
- The life and death of the Mayor of Casterbridge
- Author
- Hardy, Thomas (ed. & intro. Vivian de Sola Pinto)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, no d/j, green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; neat owner's i
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Scholar's Library
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 422
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, pocket, Hardy
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
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