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The Mayor of Casterbridge
Contributor(s): Hardy, Thomas (Author), Kramer, Dale (Editor), Dalziel, Pamela (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0199537038     ISBN-13: 9780199537037
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $8.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2009
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 1090
Series: Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.65 lbs) 432 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 10040
Reading Level: 9.5   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 22.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Set against the backdrop of peaceful south-west England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives.
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. Eighteen years later Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. 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. 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.
This edition is the only critically established text of the novel, based on a comprehensive study of the manuscript and Hardy's extensive revisions.

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