If you need it fast, you can upgrade to Priority Mail at checkout. This book will be shipped by Media mail with tracking. Our shipping days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is a nice bookplate inside the front cover, with the name Adele M. At the end of the novel, Farfrae finds happiness in his marriage to Elizabeth-Jane. However, Farfrae has everything that Michael doesn't: the love of Lucetta, the support of the townspeople, and eventually the mayorship of Casterbridge. The top corner of the pages got bumped on the first 10 pages, so there is a corner tip crease there. Michael greatly respects Farfrae and asks him for advice on several occasions. The red and black book measures 5 7/16' x 8'. He regrets it the next day and vows to be sober for 21 years. His characters are often primitive as is the case in The Mayor of Casterbridge and exhibit all the passions, hates, loves, and jealousies that rustic life seems to inspire. When he is drunk, he sells his wife and daughter to a sailor. On every page of Hardy's Wessex novels is displayed the influence of Hardy's upbringing, regional background, and architectural studies. The story is about Michael Henchard who is 21 years old. This is a 1950 reprint of the original book that was written in 1886. Copyright 1922, 1950 by Harper and Brothers. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Here is a vintage book called 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', by Thomas Hardy. This edition is the only critically established text of the novel, based on a comprehensive study of the manuscript and Hardy's extensive revisions.ĪBOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Although Henchard is fated to be a modern-day tragic hero, unable to survive in the new commercial world, his story is also a journey towards love. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Eighteen years later Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife Susan and baby daughter. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series The mayor of Casterbridge a story of a man of character by Thomas Hardy 3.

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