The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Popular Classics)

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Publikace: The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy. Anotace: Originální anglická četba - příběh člověka, kterého zahubí neschopnost přiznat si pravdu - před lety prodal svou ženu a dítě,pak se stal starostou a bojí se, aby to nevyšlo najevo... Popis: In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Subtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town. Publikace: The Mayor of Casterbridge - Thomas Hardy.