The Mayor Of Casterbridge - Brossura

Hardy, Thomas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486437493 ISBN 13: 9780486437491

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2004

Riassunto

A cruel joke at a country fair goes too far when a drunken laborer auctions off his wife and child to the highest bidder. So begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy's gripping tale of a man's rise and fall amid the natural beauty and human brutality of a rural English community.
First published serially in 1886, the novel was praised by critics for its realism and poetic style. Most agreed, however, that its plot hinges upon unlikely turns of events. Hardy replied, "It is not improbabilities of incident but improbabilities of character that matter." In this book — originally subtitled "A Story of a Man of Character" — the author perpetually tests his characters with frequent intrusions by the hand of fate. Rich in descriptive powers and steeped in irony, this timeless tale offers a spellbinding portrayal of ambition, rivalry, revenge, and repentance.

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L'autore:

Tragedy haunts the works of Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), whose fiction abounds in star-crossed lovers and other characters thwarted by fate or their own shortcomings. Hardy's outspoken criticism of Victorian society excited such profound controversy that the author abandoned fiction and in the 20th century published only poetry.

Product Description:

The great Victorian writer Thomas Hardy occupies the unique position of being both a major novelist and a poet. Such masterworks as The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervilles make Hardy required reading in literature courses. The Mayor of Casterbridge displays all the elements that have made Hardy so enduringly significant and popular: a well-crafted plot, brilliant psychological insight into his characters, an evocative rural English setting and an absolute command of the novelist's art. Unabridged republication of the work as originally published by Macmillan, London, 1912.

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0486437493
• ISBN 13: 9780486437491
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 243