Author: Hardy, Thomas & Seymour Smith, Martin [editor]
Title: The Mayor Of Casterbridge
Description: Penguin, 1982, reprint. Paperback, F. 438pp, a nice fine copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 014043125X ¶ Dorset set literature in which Hardy again captures the joys of being alive. Henchard, the main character, sells his wife & baby whilst drunk to a sailor. Overcome with remorse vows never to drink again. He rises to the position of Mayor & 18 years later his wife & daughter return, after the sailor has been lost at sea. No happy ending though.

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