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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141439785
ISBN-139780141439785
eBay Product ID (ePID)2482901
Product Key Features
Book TitleMayor of Casterbridge
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Family Life, Literary, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorThomas Hardy
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight11.4 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-267789
TitleLeadingThe
Notes byWilson, Keith
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823/.8
Grade ToUP
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn 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., 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.