Author: | Thomas Hardy | ISBN: | 9789350839263 |
Publisher: | Diamond Pocket Books Pvt ltd. | Publication: | December 31, 2016 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Thomas Hardy |
ISBN: | 9789350839263 |
Publisher: | Diamond Pocket Books Pvt ltd. |
Publication: | December 31, 2016 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge and considered one of Hardy's greatest works. A young hay-trusser named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunkenness, has decided to sell his wife and daughter at a fair. Afterwards Henchard becomes a wealthy man and the mayor of the town Casterbridge. His wife and daughter find him after a number of years. In the end, it is neither his daughter nor his wife who ruins him but his own self-destructive nature.
The original flavour of this classic has been carefully retained in this abridged version.
'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge and considered one of Hardy's greatest works. A young hay-trusser named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunkenness, has decided to sell his wife and daughter at a fair. Afterwards Henchard becomes a wealthy man and the mayor of the town Casterbridge. His wife and daughter find him after a number of years. In the end, it is neither his daughter nor his wife who ruins him but his own self-destructive nature.
The original flavour of this classic has been carefully retained in this abridged version.