{"product_id":"the-mayor-of-casterbridge-paperback-4","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMichael Irwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Notes by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNone of the great Victorian novels is more vivid and readable than \u003cem\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/em\u003e. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he founded on his native Dorset, it charts the rise and self-induced downfall of a single 'man of character'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fast-moving and ingeniously contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its tragic force, and features some of the author's most striking episodes and brilliant passages of description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a man sells his wife, he should not expect to get away with it. Michael Henchard forswears drink for twenty-one years and becomes the successful mayor of a thriving industrial town, but his mistake returns to hunt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.69 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155936415879,"sku":"9781853260988","price":10.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/112d4dd1a26f809b4eae6f1e0e23ec79.webp?v=1733239750","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}