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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.

The Mayor of Casterbridge

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A Paperback / softback by Thomas Hardy, Pamela Dalziel, Dale Kramer

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Publication Date: 14/08/2008
    ISBN13: 9780199537037, 978-0199537037
    ISBN10: 0199537038
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    Book Synopsis
    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.

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