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Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy, Keith Wilson ISBN: 0-14-143978-5 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the greatest beginnings ever in a book.
Comment: Mayor of Casterbridge is a tale about a man named Michael Henchard and the mistakes he makes in life. It is really well written, Hardy has a skill for great storytelling. There are so many surprises and details, which you at first think at irrelevant turn out to be the turning factors of the entire book. Hardy is not one who puts in a lot of useless text, everything has to be thoroughly read or you will not enjoy it. Anyways boys and girls, hope you enjoy this, I sure did
Rating: 4
Summary: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Comment: Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge" es a truly remarkable novel. Interesting throughout, it is the story of the rise and fall of a man named Mechael Henchard. Ay the beginning of the novel, Henchard is a volatile, twenty-one-year-old hay-trusser. He becomes drunk at a fair and sells his wife and daughter to a sailor in an auction, which originally began as a joke, turns serious.Upon realizing that he has sold his family, Henchard searches for them to no avail, and takes an oath to give up alcohol for twenty-one years. After the supposed death of the sailor, Michael's wife, Susan Henchard, and her daughter began a search for Michael Henchard, who has become the mayor of Casterbridge.
The novel proceeds as many soap-opera-like events unfold. The unique plot-twists made reading the novel a very entertaining experience. An unfavorable trait Henchard possesses is not letting go of past mistakes. Although he tries to atone for the past indiscretions, fate always seems to catch up to him. These factors and others contribute to the downfall of Michael Henchard.
Rating: 5
Summary: Illustration of the adage,"What goes around comes around."
Comment: Mayor Henchard was drunk when he sold his wife and child. This instance of reckless cruelty would come to haunt him in his later years. Overall a pious and good man, his downfall was his reluctance to face his past. His will dictated his epitaph. He will never be heard from again. (The will is on the last few pages of the book.) Fading into nothing, it challenges the reader to find a term for death. Is death the physical end of life, or the emotional end of life. Readers will be challenged to determine their own answers to Henchard's damnation.
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Title: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Cliffs Notes) by David C. Gild ISBN: 0822008165 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 18 September, 1959 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy, Dennis Taylor ISBN: 0140435387 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy, Tim Dolin, Margaret R. Higonnet ISBN: 0141439599 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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Title: Howards End by E. M. Forster, David A. A. Lodge ISBN: 014118213X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Emma by Jane Austen ISBN: 0553212737 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1984 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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