The Mayor of Casterbridge , by Thomas Hardy , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics :
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt"> Thomas Hardy ’s first masterpiece, 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.
Phillip Lopate , a professor at Hofstra University in New York City, is best known as an essayist (Bachelorhood,” Against Joie De Vivre,” Portrait of My Body”). He is the editor of the anthology Art of the Personal Essay and has written a novel, The Rug Merchant , and a book of poetry, The Daily Round .
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真是没想到，读到最后竟然会为这样一个心胸狭隘、多疑善妒、性情暴烈的人而泪目。 亨查德年轻时醉酒后将妻子苏珊卖出，二十多年后，与他做卡斯特桥市长时期一手提拔的法夫瑞公然作对，对有过一段情的女人卢切塔不留情面，对继女伊丽莎白简挑剔冷漠。最后所有人都离他而去，一个...
评分主人公亨察德是一个性格不太好的人，按现代人的说法他的情商不太高。他脾气暴躁、刚愎自用，而且还很孤傲，不能也不愿与人进行沟通，此外，他的思想还有些狭隘，也不能做到与时俱进，这些都导致了他一步接着一步的犯错，最后把自己弄到了很悲惨的境地。哈代的故事设计的很巧妙...
评分穆齐尔说男人对女人的深情，就像一只花豹对着新鲜刚死的猎物在温柔的咕咕，如果那猎物敢对他的方式说三道四他是要见怪的。 伐尓伏雷发现伊丽莎白没有在她的主人家里好好等他时受了小小的刺激，而且是在他们没有任何约定的情况下。哈代说男人就是这样想入非非自以为是的东西。 ...
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