'Hardy's is a world that can never disappear'Margaret DrabbleSubtitled'AStory of a Man of Character',Hardy's powerful study of the heroic but deeply flawed Michael Henchard is an intensely dramatic work,tragically played out against the vivid backdrop ofa close-knit Dorsetshire town. Its events are set in motion when,in a fit of drunken anger,Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years,he manages to establish himself as a respected pillar of the community of Casterbridge,but behind his success lurks the shameful secret of his past. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141439785Number of pages: 448Weight: 326 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
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"Hardy's world is a world that can never disappear."-Margaret Drabble
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