The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Classics)

Thomas Hardy

ISBN 10: 0141439785 / ISBN 13: 9780141439785

Editore: Penguin Classics, 2003

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Riassunto:

Hardy's is a world that can never disappear' Margaret Drabble Sottotitolato 'A Story of a Man of Character', il potente studio di Hardy sull'eroico ma profondamente imperfetto Michael Henchard è un'opera intensamente drammatica, tragicamente ambientata sullo sfondo vivido di una città unita del Dorsetshire. I suoi eventi vengono messi in moto quando, in un impeto di rabbia da ubriaco, Henchard vende la moglie e la figlia neonata per cinque ghinee a una fiera di paese. Nel corso degli anni successivi, riesce ad affermarsi come un pilastro rispettato della comunità di Casterbridge, ma dietro il suo successo si nasconde il vergognoso segreto del suo passato. A cura di Keith Wilson con un'introduzione e note.

Informazioni sull?autore: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester—in his writing. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school. At sixteen, Hardy was apprenticed to an architect, and for many years, architecture was his profession; in his spare time, he pursued his first and last literary love, poetry. Finally convinced that he could earn his living as an author, he retired from architecture, married, and devoted himself to writing. An extremely productive novelist, Hardy published an important book every year or two. In 1896, disturbed by the public outcry over the unconventional subjects of his two greatest novels—Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure—he announced that he was giving up fiction and afterward produced only poetry. In later years, he received many honors. He was buried in Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey. It was as a poet that he wished to be remembered, but today critics regard his novels as his most memorable contribution to English literature for their psychological insight, decisive delineation of character, and profound presentation of tragedy.

Keith Wilson is a Professor of English at the University of Ottawa and has edited Hardy's Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories for Penguin Classics.

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Titolo: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Classics)
Casa editrice: Penguin Classics
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good