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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finally finished. it was a good—read in general. I could hardly repress my tears reading the final part. It seems to me to be a story of humanity. Henchard is the complex humanity incarnated. He is impulsive, a bit too self-esteemed but good-hearted. ...
评分“幸福不过是一场痛苦的大戏剧里不时发生的插曲而已。”——同样系错了人生中的前几颗扣子，亨查德既不像冉阿让自带基督光环，也不如聂赫留朵夫的政治正确，更没有拉斯科尼科夫“超人”般的吸引力，但丝毫不影响我对他的喜爱、同情与怜悯。我觉得他比前三者更像一个我们身边的...
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。 ...
评分 评分"...But her strong sense that neither she nor any human being deserved less than was given, did not blind her to the fact that there were others receiving less who had deserved much more."
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