The Mayor of Casterbridge - Couverture souple

Hardy, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1551111225 ISBN 13 : 9781551111223

Editeur : Broadview Press, 1997

Synopsis

This 1886 novel may be Hardy’s most intense and gripping narrative. We first see the central character, Michael Henchard, as a drunken and unemployed hay-trusser who sells his wife Susan and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane at a fair. When he is eventually reunited with the two, he has become the contented and prosperous mayor of a thriving market town. But the downward spiral begins. Henchard’s fall is hastened by a series of coincidences and quarrels, and by his own jealousy and pride. Though the perspective on events that Hardy gives us is often that of other characters (Elizabeth-Jane in particular), Henchard remains the central focus; in the end he is a tragic figure, bankrupt, emotionally broken and an outcast from society.

Prepared by one of the world’s leading Hardy scholars, this edition includes a critical introduction and a range of background materials from the period. Historical documents (concerning such topics as the corn laws and the practice of wife-selling) and contemporary reviews help set this remarkable novel in the context out of which it emerged.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Norman Page, formerly Chair of the Department of English at the University of Nottingham, is the author and editor of many other books on nineteenth-century British literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551111225
• ISBN 13: 9781551111223
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 411
• Éditeur: Page Norman
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