Mayor of Casterbridge - Brossura

Hardy, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 1853260983 ISBN 13: 9781853260988

Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1994

Riassunto

With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. None of the great Victorian novels is more vivid and readable than The Mayor of Casterbridge. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he founded on his native Dorset, it charts the rise and self-induced downfall of a single 'man of character'. The fast-moving and ingeniously contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its tragic force, and features some of the author's most striking episodes and brilliant passages of description.

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Wonderful, comprehensive edition at reasonable cost to students. The chronology, maps, notes on text, and introduction by the talented Dale Kramer make this edition a great value for the money. --Bonnie W. Epstein, Plymouth State College

L'autore

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) had a writing career which spanned more than fifty years, and he is now considered both a major novelist and poet. His tales of Wessex, a fictional amalgamation of various south-west counties, have a lasting appeal, and many, such as The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the d'Urbervilles have become popular television adaptations.

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• Editore: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1853260983
• ISBN 13: 9781853260988
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 288