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The Mayor of Casterbridge

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Drunk and bitter at the world, the young Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at Weydon Priors fair. Awaking the next morning, he makes a vow to give up drink and mend his ways. Twenty years later, he is the Mayor of Casterbridge: a rich and important figure who little suspects his past is about to find him with a cruel and devastating irony.

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Language
English
Released
2003
Format
Hardcover
Pages
444
ISBN10
1904633110
ISBN13
9781904633112
First published
1886
Original title
The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Drunk and bitter at the world, the young Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor at Weydon Priors fair. Awaking the next morning, he makes a vow to give up drink and mend his ways. Twenty years later, he is the Mayor of Casterbridge: a rich and important figure who little suspects his past is about to find him with a cruel and devastating irony.