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The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy is a tragic novel set in the fictional town of Casterbridge. Michael Henchard, a young hay trusser, overindulges in rum-laced furmity and quarrels with his wife, Susan. Spurred by alcohol, he decides to auction off his wife and baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to a sailor...

The Mayor of Casterbridge written by Thomas Hardy performed by Anton Lesser on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN: 9781843793656
Genre - Main: Fiction
Genre - Specific: Classic English
Duration: 740 mins
Length: Unabridged
Author: Thomas Hardy
Narrator 1: Anton Lesser

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Thomas Hardy's novels about the cruel twists of fate that blight our lives have a timeless power to move us. In The Mayor Casterbridge, a young Michael Henchard makes a rash, alcohol-fuelled decision to sell his wife. Despite abstaining from alcohol from this point forward and living an upstanding life....

this lapse is a revenant that returns to plague him at the peak of his career. In his struggles to overcome his hot-headed, belligerent nature, Henchard is very recognisably human and sympathetic hero.

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