The Mayor of Casterbridge |
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Author:
| Hardy, Thomas |
Editor:
| Kramer, Dale |
Introduction by:
| Dalziel, Pamela |
Series title: | Oxford World's Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-284071-4 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.95 |
Book Description:
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Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter on a drunken impulse at a local fair. Eighteeen years later his temperament again thwarts his attempts to make amends. Henchard is a modern-day tragic hero, but his story is also a journey towards love. This edition is the only critically established text of the novel and Pamela Dalziel's new introduction considers Hardy's complex response to the modern world in his characterization.
Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter on a drunken impulse at a local fair. Eighteeen years later his temperament again thwarts his attempts to make amends. Henchard is a modern-day tragic hero, but his story is also a journey towards love. This edition is the only critically established text of the novel and Pamela Dalziel's new introduction considers Hardy's complex response to the modern world in his characterization.