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The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge( )
Author: Hardy, Thomas
Introduction by: Moody, Rick
Series title:Oxford World's Classics Hardcovers Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-514810-7
Publication Date:Jul 2001
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $20.00
Book Description:

Oxford University Press celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the Oxford World's Classics series by reissuing some of the world's best-loved novels in their original hardcover format, with special introductions by today's most distinguished writers. The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with an act of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks today. Michael Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser, gets drunk at a fair and for five guineas sells his wife and child to a...
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Book Details
Pages:368
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Psychological
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.2 x 4.3 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.66 Pounds
Author Biography
Hardy, Thomas (Author)
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton, England. The eldest child of Thomas and Jemima, Hardy studied Latin, French, and architecture in school. He also became an avid reader.

Upon graduation, Hardy traveled to London to work as an architect's assistant under the guidance of Arthur Bloomfield. He also began writing poetry. How I Built Myself a House, Hardy's first professional article, was published in 1865. Two years later, while still working in the architecture field, Hardy wrote the unpublished novel The Poor Man and the Lady. During the next five years, Hardy penned Desperate Remedies, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes. In 1873, Hardy decided it was time to relinquish his architecture career and concentrate on writing full-time.

In September 1874, his first book as a full-time author, Far from the Madding Crowd, appeared serially. After publishing more than two dozen novels, one of the last being Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Hardy returned to writing poetry--his first love. Hardy's volumes of poetry include Poems of the Past and Present, The Dynasts: Part One, Two, and Three, Time's Laughingstocks, and The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall.

From 1885 until his death, Hardy lived in Dorchester, England. His house, Max Gate, was designed by Hardy, who also supervised its construction. Hardy died on January 11, 1928. His ashes are buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey.

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