The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

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Set in the heart of the Wessex, this book charts the rise and downfall of a single 'man of character'. It's moving and contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its force, and features some of the author's episodes and passages of description.

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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. None of the great Victorian novels is more vivid and readable than The Mayor of Casterbridge. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he founded on his native Dorset, it charts the rise and self-induced downfall of a single 'man of character'. The fast-moving and ingeniously contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its tragic force, and features some of the author's most striking episodes and brilliant passages of description.
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ISBN 13 9781853260988
ISBN 10 1853260983
Title The Mayor of Casterbridge
Author Thomas Hardy
Series Wordsworth Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Year published 1994-04-05
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.