The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

Overview

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character", is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of Dorchester in Dorset). The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, all set in a fictional rustic England. The novel is often considered one of Hardy's greatest works.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014566216
Publisher:	Philtre Libre
Publication date:	04/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	284 KB

About the Author

Author of such classics as Jude the Obscure, Far from the Madding Crowd, and The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Date of Birth:

June 2, 1840

Date of Death:

January 11, 1928

Place of Birth:

Higher Brockhampon, Dorset, England

Place of Death:

Max Gate, Dorchester, England

Education:

Served as apprentice to architect James Hicks