Hardy, Thomas  , 1840-1928 <br/><br/>
The Mayor of Casterbridge 
/ Thomas Hardy / ill. Agnes Miller Parker ; introd. by Frank Swinnerton 
 - New York  : Bantam Books  , c1981 
 - 326 p.  ; : 18 cm 
<br/><br/> The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a scene of such heartlessness and cruelty that it still shocks readers today. A poor workman named Michael Henchard, in a fit of drunken rage, sells his wife and baby daughter to a stranger at a country fair. Stricken with remorse, Henchard forswears alcohol and works hard to become a prosperous businessman and the respected mayor of Casterbridge. But he cannot erase his past. His wife ultimately returns to offer Henchard the choice of redemption or a further descent into his own self-destructive nature. A dark, complex story, The Mayor of Casterbridge brims with invention, vitality, and even wit. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0553210246 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fathers and daughters----Fiction<br/>Men---Psychology---England----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Blacks---History---England---18th century<br/>Upper class---History---England---19th century----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>FIC HAR