The Mayor of Casterbridge
<div><div><b>Thomas Hardy</b>’s first masterpiece, <i>The Mayor of Casterbridge</i> opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past. His wife ultimately returns to offer Henchard the choice of redemption or a further descent into his own self-destructive nature. A dark, c…
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Weitere Autoren: Lopate, Phillip (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-59308-309-0
- EAN: 9781593083090
- Produktnummer: 9326846
- Verlag: Barnes & Noble
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.5 cm x D2.3 cm 295 g
- Gewicht: 295
- Sonstiges: Ab 0 J.
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