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The Mayor of Casterbridge

By Thomas Hardy
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy is a tale of ambition, regret, and redemption set in rural England. It chronicles the rise and fall of Michael Henchard, who, after a reckless act in his youth, grapples with the consequences of his actions as he endeavours to rebuild his life and reputation. The novel explores themes of fate, character, and social standing, all set against the richly drawn backdrop of nineteenth-century society.
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A stunning clothbound edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge, a haunting study of guilt and lost love.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

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 lurks 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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ISBN: 9780241347775

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 September 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 574g

Pages: 448

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About the Author

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

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