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Article: The Mayor of Casterbridge.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Audiobook Review)
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- July 1, 2002
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THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE.Thomas Hardy. 1886/2001. Read by Pamela Garelick. 10-1.5 hour tapes. Blackstone Audio. #2862. 0-7861-2100-9. $69.95. Vinyl; plot, author notes. SA *
This 19th-century tale of mistakes, revenge, guilt, and destroyed lives is as fresh and compelling as any contemporary story. Drunken Michael Henchard takes a challenge seriously at an English country fair and sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor. When sober, he can hardly believe that his wife actually left; she took his disregard and disrespect to heart and went with the buyer, who had really meant it as a joke. Years later, the daughter grown and the man she believes to be her ...