The Mayor of Casterbridge
A drunken laborer sells his wife and child and spends his life trying to atone for his wrongdoing — while clinging to his social status. A spellbinding portrayal of ambition, rivalry, revenge, and repentance.
A drunken laborer sells his wife and child and spends his life trying to atone for his wrongdoing — while clinging to his social status. A spellbinding portrayal of ambition, rivalry, revenge, and repentance.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780141439785
Publish date: 15-04-2003
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
19th Century,
Fiction
This is the second review I have written for this book on Goodreads. My reviews are disappearing and I am finding this very frustrating.This book is about a man who through dedication and hard work becomes the mayor of a small town. Just as he reaches this position, his life begins to unravel. Mr...
I developed a fierce love of Hardy, his poetry as well as his novels.
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