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The Mayor of Casterbridge begins at a country fair near Casterbridge in Wessex Michael Henchard, a 21-year-old hay-trusser, argues with his wife Susan. Drunk on rum-laced furmity he auctions her off, along with their baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane, to Richard Newson, a passing sailor, for five guineas. Sober and remorseful the next day, he is too late to locate his family. He vows not to touch liquor again for 21 years.
Author: Thomas Hardy
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chiltern Publishing
Published: 10/26/2021
Series: Chiltern Classic
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.4lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781912714957
Language: English
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