The mayor of casterbridge

Thomas Hardy

426 pages, parution le 27/05/2023

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Like many of Hardy's novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge is set in the fictional county of Wessex in the mid 1800s. It begins with Michael Henchard, a young hay-trusser, drunk on rum, auctioning off his wife and baby daughter at a village fair. The next day, overcome with remorse, Henchard resolves to turn his life around. When we meet Henchard eighteen years later, temperance and hard work have made him wealthy and respectable. However, he cannot escape his past. His secret guilt, his pride, and his impulsive temper all serve to sabotage his good name. The Mayor of Casterbridge was published in 1886, first as a magazine serial and then later that year as a book. It is perhaps most noteworthy for the psychological portrait of Michael Henchard, a tragic character who remains sympathetic while simultaneously being deeply flawed. Typical of other Hardy novels, it also vividly depicts life in the rural countryside at that time.

L'auteur - Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy, né le, est un poète et romancier anglais appartenant au courant naturaliste. Auteur devenu aujourd'hui classique, il a particulièrement influencé D. H. Lawrence. Il a reçu l'ordre du Mérite en 1910.