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The Mayor of Casterbridge

English · Paperback / Softback

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In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the backdrop of a close-knit Dorset town.

About the author

Thomas Hardy, geb. 1840, ging nach der Architektenlehre nach London und begann neben seiner Arbeit als Kirchenrestaurator zu schreiben. Ab 1871 Veröffentlichungen (Wessex-Romane). Der Autor verstarb 1928; er hinterließ ein umfangreiches Werk - außer Romanen auch fast 1000 Gedichte.

Product details

Authors Thomas Hardy
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 24.02.2011
 
EAN 9780141197814
ISBN 978-0-14-119781-4
No. of pages 400
Dimensions 117 mm x 180 mm x 25 mm
Weight 220 g
Illustrations édition en anglais
Series Penguin Classics
Penguin Popular Classics
Pop Classics Original Jackets
Penguin Popular Classics
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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