Mayor of Castlebridge

Author: (English) Hardy
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This book tells the story of the protagonist, Henchard, who was originally a reaper. Due to drunkenness, he sold his wife and daughter. Afterward, he regretted it deeply and gave up alcohol, striving to become wealthy. Twenty years later, he became the Mayor of Casterbridge. Later, his wife and daughter returned to his side, but disasters followed one after another. Due to his stubbornness and obsession, he fell out with his former partner and went bankrupt in the competition. The scandal of selling his wife and daughter also came to light, leading to his ruin, isolation from friends and family, and a miserable death in a small cottage. Through this tragic depiction, the author reveals the disasters brought to the working class by the development of capitalism and condemns the irrationality of the capitalist system.