The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

352 pages first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually t...

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