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| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 1886 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 2009-03-14 Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge is one of his best-known novels. It begins with a wife-selling, an event not as uncommon in British rural history as one might like to suppose. Atlantic Monthly called it a strong, vivid story and thought Hardy more virile and humourous than the mob of lesser novelists who write with alarming ease. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 1905 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy, 1893 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy, 1920 In a little village in the woodlands of Dorset, there are intense and consuming emotions between the doctor, the daughter of the timber merchant, the tree keeper, a peasant girl and others. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Green Hills of Magic Ruth Ann Musick, 2014-07-15 In the early years of this century, miners from nearly every country in Europe and Asia Minor migrated to West Virginia to seek employment in its great collieries. With them they brought many folktales and legends of then homelands. Ruth Ann Musick has collected some of the best and most representative of these stories—never before published in book form—in The Green Hills of Magic. In many instances, these tales were first related in family circles in the native languages of the tellers, later to be translated by their younger English-speaking descendants. Entertaining in themselves, the stories are also excellent examples of the diverse folk beliefs and cultural patterns of the national and ethnic immigrant groups. The tales are attractively illustrated with more than twenty black-and-white drawings. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy, 1988 An attractive book at a modest price ensures that everyone can share in this supreme literary inheritance. Two of Hardy's best works are included in this volume. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Return of the Native Annotated Thomas Hardy, 2021-01-19 One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, The Return of the Native centers famously on Egdon Heath, the wild, haunted Wessex moor that D. H. Lawrence called 'the real stuff of tragedy.' The heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons, mothers, and lovers who populate the novel. The 'native' is Clym Yeobright, who comes home from a cosmopolitan life in Paris. He; his cousin Thomasin; her fiancé, Damon Wildeve; and the willful Eustacia Vye are the protagonists in a tale of doomed love, passion, alienation, and melancholy as Hardy brilliantly explores that theme so familiar throughout his fiction: the diabolical role of chance in determining the course of a life. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge Illustrated Thomas Hardy, 2021-04-04 The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Casterbridge standing in for Dorchester in Dorset where the author spent his youth. It was first published as a weekly serialisation from January 1886.The novel is considered to be one of Hardy's masterpieces, although it has been criticised for incorporating too many incidents: a consequence of the author trying to include something in every weekly published instalment. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: On the Western Circuit Thomas Hardy, 2020-12-08 In 'On the Western Circuit,' Thomas Hardy weaves a poignant narrative that delves into the intersection of love, desire, and social obligation in a rapidly changing Victorian England. Through the lives of two central characters, the stablehand and the gentlewoman, Hardy employs his signature naturalistic style, rich with dialect and detailed settings that reflect the emotional and moral dilemmas faced by his characters. The novella explores themes of class disparity, the complexity of human relationships, and the tragic consequences of societal constraints, positioning it within the broader context of Hardy's critique of the social structures of his time. Thomas Hardy, a pivotal figure in Victorian literature, drew much of his inspiration from the rural landscapes and socio-economic issues of his native Dorset. His own experiences with the constraints of class and the nuances of human emotion infused his writing with authenticity and depth. Hardy'Äôs background as an architect and his profound respect for the natural world also shaped his literary vision, leading him to investigate the often harsh realities of life and love. 'On the Western Circuit' is essential reading for those seeking to understand Hardy's exploration of the human condition. It invites readers to contemplate the intricacies of love and sacrifice against the backdrop of societal expectations, making it a compelling and thought-provoking addition to any literary collection. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Thomas Hardy Harold Bloom, 2009 Provides reviews of six prominent works by the poet Thomas Hardy along with criticism and thematic analysis of other works and a short biography of the poet. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Personality Plus: Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock Edna Ferber, 2022-09-04 DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of Personality Plus: Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock by Edna Ferber. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge David C. Gild, 1959-09 Includes a biographical sketch of Thomas Hardy, a synopsis of the story, Hardy's philosophy of life, character sketches, and more. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson, 2019-05-07 RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of William Kent Kreuger and Lisa Wingate. The perfect addition to your next book club! The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything—everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler. Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere—even back home. Look for The Book Woman's Daughter, the new novel from Kim Michele Richardson, out now! Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Sourcebooks Landmark: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Son's Veto Thomas Hardy, 2013-04-23 As the strains proceeded many of the listeners observed the chaired lady, whose back hair, by reason of her prominent position, so challenged inspection. Her face was not easily discernible, but the aforesaid cunning tress-weavings, the white ear and poll, and the curve of a cheek which was neither flaccid nor sallow, were signals that led to the expectation of good beauty in front. Such expectations are not infrequently disappointed as soon as the disclosure comes; and in the present case, when the lady, by a turn of the head, at length revealed herself, she was not so handsome as the people behind her had supposed, and even hoped—they did not know why. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Vishnu's Crowded Temple Maria Misra, 2008-05-29 There can be few more discussed countries in the world today than India. From being a seemingly closed off, economically stagnant part of Asia, with intractable problems of poverty and population, India has in a short space of time reached an astonishing level of growth, taking with China the lion's share of the benefits from post-Cold War globalization. In VISHNU'S CROWDED TEMPLE, Maria Misra has written the essential history to allow us to understand this extraordinary transformation. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: A Mere Interlude Thomas Hardy, 2025 »A Mere Interlude« is a short story by Thomas Hardy, originally published in 1885. THOMAS HARDY [1840-1928] was an English poet and author. His work is characterized by realism and criticism of the strict Victorian ideals which he believed limited people's lives and happiness. He achieved great success with the novel Under the Greenwood Tree [1872] and continued with successes such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Winter Christopher Nicholson, 2016-01-05 “[This] beautifully restrained novel, a meditation on aging, marriage and loss, fictionalizes a well-known period in Thomas Hardy’s life” (The New York Times). A November morning in the 1920s finds an elderly man walking the grounds of his Dorchester home, pondering his past and future with deep despondence. That man is the revered novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, and this is a fictionalized account of his final years from the celebrated author of The Elephant Keeper. The novel focuses on true events surrounding the London theater dramatization of Hardy’s acclaimed novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, including Hardy’s hand-picked casting of the young, alluring Gertrude Bugler to play Tess. As plans for the play solidify, Hardy’s interest in Gertie becomes a voyeuristic infatuation, causing him to write some of the best poems of his career. However, when Hardy’s reclusive, neglected wife, Florence, catches wind of Hardy’s desire for Gertie to take the London stage, a tangled web of jealousy and missed opportunity ensnares all three characters—with devastating results. Told from the perspectives of Hardy, Gertie, and Florence, Winter is “a meditation on love, regret, and an elusive yearning for happiness” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “A book for grown-ups, one that finds the acme of human happiness in a young mother looking out at a starry winter’s night, while she holds her baby in her arms.” —The Washington Post “Winter is quietly intelligent and compassionate, but what stands out most is that it is gorgeously, gorgeously written in prose so elegantly crafted that it becomes, paradoxically, almost invisible. It never shouts, never startles, just moves lithely along with an almost miraculous sense of rightness.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Novels of Thomas Hardy Anne Smith, 1979 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: A Simple Story Mrs. Inchbald, 2018-05-23 Reproduction of the original: A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Well-beloved Thomas Hardy, 1904 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Wessex Tales Thomas Hardy, 2024-11-24 Wessex Tales is a collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. Through them, Thomas Hardy talks about nineteenth century marriage, grammar, class status, how men and women were viewed, medical diseases and more. In 1888, Wessex Tales contained only five stories ('The Three Strangers', 'The Withered Arm', 'Fellow-Townsmen', 'Interlopers at the Knap', and 'The Distracted Preacher') all published first in periodicals. For the 1896 reprinting, Hardy added An Imaginative Woman, but in 1912 moved this to another collection, Life's Little Ironies, while at the same time transferring two stories A Tradition of Eighteen Hundred and Four and The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion from Life's Little Ironies to Wessex Tales. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Desperate Remedies: Annotated (Puffin Classic) Thomas Hardy, 2021-10-07 Desperate Remedies is the second novel by Thomas Hardy, albeit the first to be published. It was released anonymously by Tinsley Brothers in 1871.Described by Hardy as a tale of mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity, his first published novel violated the literary decorum of its day with blackmail, murder, and romance. It relates the story of Cytherea, a maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe, and the man she loves, Edward Springrove. Upon discovering that Edward is already engaged, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative steward, Manston. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Book of Great Books W. John Campbell, 2000 Provides a list of one hundred world classics, offering information on plot, characters, main themes, symbolism, and composition for each book. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: A City Girl Margaret Harkness, 2015-09 Nelly Ambrose is an East End seamstress with ideas above her station. Discontented with her reliable but conservative fiancé, George, she falls for the urbane charms of middle-class Arthur Grant, a married man bothered by few moral scruples. In her first novel, Harkness presents a vivid and troubling depiction of working-class life in late-Victorian London. Based on her own experience of the slums, she exposes the appalling conditions experienced by women in the casual labour force and their desperate struggle for economic security. Friedrich Engels famously wrote a letter to Harkness after reading her novel, describing it as 'the old, old story, the proletarian girl seduced by a middle-class man'. While he praised her storytelling, Engels criticised her portrayal of the working classes as passive. In this critical edition, Deborah Mutch demonstrates that while Harkness eschewed revolutionary politics, A City Girl embodies her desire to marry socialist goals with human empathy. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez Borra, 2016-12-31 Now a major film, 'Blind Sunflowers' contains four connected stories, narrated in the same spirit but with the individual styles of the different voices, which deal with the consequences of the Spanish Civil War. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Maiden Castle John Cowper Powys, 2001-02-01 Fourth in the series of novels called 'the only,novels produced by an English writer that can be,fairly compared with the fictions of Tolstoy and,Dostoyevsky' - George Steiner, The New Yorker,Extravagant, exuberant and introspective, 'Maiden,Castle' reveals characters that struggle with,perplexities of love, desire and faith while the,looming fortress of Maiden Castle exerts an,otherworldy force that irrevocably determines the,course of their lives. '[Powys] gives not warmth,nor enlightenment, but enduring vision, enduring,strength, enduring courage' - Henry Miller |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Thomas Hardy's the Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy, 2013-07-17 Some folks want their luck buttered. Thomas Hardy (2nd June 1840 - 11th January 1928), celebrated poet and writer, was born in a modest thatched cottage near Dorchester in the West country, to a builder father. His mother came from a line of intelligent, lively and ambitious women so ensured her son had the best formal education available for their modest means although this ended when he was 16. He became a draughtsman specialising in the building of churches was able to give it up to be a full time writer and poet with the publication of Far From the Madding Crown which became a bestseller and like much of his work was serialised. His writing reflects his passionate beliefs for social reform and exposes the hypocrisy of the rules of the Victorian age which constrained many freedoms with convention and restricted the transcending of class boundaries. His novels are almost entirely set in rural Wessex which although fictional is clearly rooted in the SW counties of England where he was born and lived most of his life. Hardy's writing caused controversy in his lifetime but despite this he was highly praised and showered with honorary doctorates from many universities, a knighthood, which he refused and in 1910 the prestigious Order of the Merit. The Mayor of Casterbridge is Michael Henchard who prior to becoming such a prominent man was a drunk who sold his wife and daughter to a sailor for five guineas at a county fair. Despite his remorse and despair and his forsaking all alcohol, he finds his past deed shapes his fate. Casterbridge is Hardy's fictionalised Dorchester providing a peaceful landscape in contrast to the inner turmoil of our tragic hero and the other three main characters who are closely interlinked. This tightly knit novel with its vivid characterisation and striking descriptions has often been described as the greatest in the English language and sees Hardy at his best. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: THE WAY OF ALL FLESH Samuel Butler, |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Thomas Hardy: Folklore and Resistance Jacqueline Dillion, 2016-10-05 This book reassesses Hardy’s fiction in the light of his prolonged engagement with the folklore and traditions of rural England. Drawing on wide research, it demonstrates the pivotal role played in the novels by such customs and beliefs as ‘overlooking’, hag-riding, skimmington-riding, sympathetic magic, mumming, bonfire nights, May Day celebrations, Midsummer divination, and the ‘Portland Custom’. This study shows how such traditions were lived out in practice in village life, and how they were represented in written texts – in literature, newspapers, county histories, folklore books, the work of the Folklore Society, archival documents, and letters. It explores tensions between Hardy’s repeated insistence on the authenticity of his accounts and his engagement with contemporary anthropologists and folklorists, and reveals how his efforts to resist their ‘excellently neat’ categories of culture open up wider questions about the nature of belief, progress, and social change. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Victorian Sage John Holloway, 1965 Analysis of the philosophy and rhetoric in the works of Carlyle, Disraeli, Eliot, Newman, Arnold, and Hardy. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (Book Analysis) Bright Summaries, 2019-03-28 Unlock the more straightforward side of The Mayor of Casterbridge with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, one of the author’s famed Wessex novels. It tells the story of the titular character, an upright but temperamental man who earlier sold his wife and daughter on a drunken whim. In the two decades that have passed since then, he has risen from humble beginnings to become respected and wealthy, but he finds that in the end his past catches up with him. Like much of Hardy’s work, The Mayor of Casterbridge challenges Victorian conceptions of morality and explores themes that remain relevant today, including the limitations of the institution of marriage and the differing standards applied to men and woman. Find out everything you need to know about The Mayor of Casterbridge in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com! |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928 : Compiled Largely from Contemporary Notes, and Biographical Memoranda, as Well as from Oral Information in Conversations Extending Over Many Years Florence Emily Hardy, 1962 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Darkling Thrush and Other Poems Thomas Hardy, Gordon Beningfield, 1985 Paintings of the English countryside accompany seventy-four poems about nature, the past, memories, the seasons, and country life |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Thomas Hardy Lance St. John Butler, 1978 A substantial introduction to Hardy's six major novels and his poems. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Bigamy Plot Maia McAleavey, 2015-05-18 This study explores the prevalence of bigamy in Victorian fiction to challenge traditional understanding of the period's social and narrative conventions. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: A Guide to English Literature Kaleem M. Jan, Shabnam Firdaus, 2003 A Guide To English Literature Embraces A Wide Spectrum Of Literary Works In The Field Of The English Novel, Drama And Poetry. It Is Meant To Enhance The Enjoyment And Understanding Of English Literature Through The Critical Discussion Of Particular Works Of A Large Number Of Writers Including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Metaphysicals, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Emily Bronte, Hardy, Eliot, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Hemingway And Mulk Raj Anand. |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Masterplots: The four series in eight volumes; two thousand and ten plot stories and essay reviews from the world's fine literature Frank Northen Magill, 1958 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: Thomas Hardy Dale Kramer, 1975-06-18 |
| mayor of casterbridge plot: The Seven Basic Plots Christopher Booker, 2004-01-01 This book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales, via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose.--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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