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The Mayor Of Casterbridge Media Pack

A young farm laborer, dead drunk, sells his wife and child to another man for five pounds.

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  • "BBC Radio presents The mayor of Casterbridge"
  • "Alan Bates reads The mayor of Casterbridge"@en
  • "Alan Bates reads The mayor of Casterbridge"

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  • "Michael Henchard, mayor of Casterbridge, has striven to shake off the tainting horror of an aberration in his past, but years of industry, abstinence and application cannot save him from his own history."
  • "Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future..."
  • "Een landarbeider, die in het 19e eeuwse Engeland is opgeklommen tot graanhandelaar en burgemeester, krijgt een rivaal en wordt tegelijkertijd geconfronteerd met een kwalijke daad uit zijn verleden."
  • "A young farm laborer, dead drunk, sells his wife and child to another man for five pounds."@en
  • "In a drunken haze Michael Henchard sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas at the local fair. The next morning Henchard awakes, realizes the magnitude of what he has done, and swears he will not drink again. More than two decades later, Henchard has grown wealthy and is the Mayor of Casterbridge--but he can never escape the tragic repercussions of his past."@en
  • "The Mayor of Casterbridge is humiliated before his community when a crime committed in his youth is brought to light."@en
  • "This is the story of a common field laborer, Michael Henshard, who becomes a leader in a small market town and then through his own failure sinks back miserably to his humble beginnings."
  • "From its spectacular opening--the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a country fair--to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, "The mayor of Casterbridge" claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy's finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story builds into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power--only to achieve a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, "Hardy's Lord Jim ... his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.""@en
  • "Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future. One of the greatest novels in the English language, The Mayor of Casterbridge sees Thomas Hardy at his best, bringing landscape and richly imagined characters to life, and setting the hope of love against the forces of Providence."@en
  • "Michael Henchard, touch West Country haytrusser, becomes the richest corn merchant and chief citizen of Casterbridge. Despite his wealth and power he cannot escape the consequences of the day when he had drunk too much and sold his wife and child in an auction."@en
  • "Thomas Hardy's exploration of his most tragic hero, Michael Henchard, is the classic tale of overambition. From his drunken sale of his wife and baby at a country fair, to his subjugation of a farming village, Henchard's life is an epic attempt to bring the world to heel as he hides even from himself all vestiges of emotional vulnerability."
  • "Thomas Hardy's exploration of his most tragic hero, Michael Henchard, is the classic tale of overambition. From his drunken sale of his wife and baby at a country fair, to his subjugation of a farming village, Henchard's life is an epic attempt to bring the world to heel as he hides even from himself all vestiges of emotional vulnerability."@en
  • "Detailed summary of Thoma Hardy's The mayor of Casterbridge."
  • "Set against the backdrop of peaceful southwest England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives.Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife, Susan, and baby daughter. Eighteen years later, Susan and her daughter seek him out, only to discover that he has become the most prominent man in Casterbridge. Henchard attempts to make amends for his youthful misdeeds, but his unchanged impulsiveness clouds his relationships in love as well as his fortunes in business. Although Henchard is fated to be a modern-day tragic hero, unable to survive in the new commercial world, his story is also a journey toward love."@en
  • "Set against the backdrop of peaceful southwest England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives. Michael Henchard is an out-of-work hay-trusser who gets drunk at a local fair and impulsively sells his wife, Susan, and baby daughter ..."@en
  • "During a night of drunken debauchery, Michael Henchard sells his wife Susan and his young daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a sailor for the price of five guineas. Consumed by guilt, he vows to give up drinking for 21 years. Since then, he has skillfully been able to keep his dark past a secret while starting a political career as the mayor of the small town of Casterbridge. His carefully-built public image is shattered, however, when his wife and daughter return to him decades later."
  • "The problems of the English farmer, now grown rich, who has to live with the anguish of having sold his wife and child at auction when he was a drunk youth."@en
  • "Story of the downfall of an eminent and respected man when the wife and daughter that he had auctioned off 18 years earlier in a drunken rage arrive in Casterbridge and set off a chain of events."@en
  • "Drunk at a country fair, Michael Henchard sells his wife to a sailor for five guineas. Overcome with guilt and remorse, he vows not to drink for 21 years. Decades later his wife seeks him out in Casterbridge, where he has gained both wealth and the respected position of mayor. Beneath the surface still smoulders the same impetuousness and temper which combine with fate to bring about his degradation and ruin."@en
  • "Ondanks de welstand kan de burgemeester van het stadje Casterbridge de dag niet vergeten waarop hij in zijn dronkenschap zijn vrouw en zijn dochter heeft verkocht op een veiling."
  • "Tells the story about a headstrong man who rises to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in his town. Despite his great wealth and power, however, the man cannot forget his past."@en
  • "Tells the story about a headstrong man who rises to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in his town. Despite his great wealth and power, however, the man cannot forget his past."
  • "Drunk at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife to a sailor for five guineas. Unable to find them and overcome with guilt and remorse he vows to be teetotal for 21 years. Many years later his wife seeks him out in Casterbridge, where he has gained wealth and respect."@en
  • "An English farm worker gets drunk and sells his wife and child to a sailor for five guineas. After 18 years, the wife and daughter reappear. The farm hand is now wealthy and is the mayor of Casterbridge."
  • "Michael Henchard gets drunk at a fair and sells his wife and child for five guineas to a sailor. Henchard proves to be violent, selfish, greedy and crude, yet at the same time he is magnanimous and humble."@en
  • "From its spectacular opening-- the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a country fair-- to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, "The Mayor of Casterbridge" claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy's finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story builds into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power, only to achieve a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, "Hardy's Lord Jim ... his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.""@en
  • "Drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a country fair and sets himself on the path to destruction. The strong, wilful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power, only to achieve a most bitter downfall."
  • "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 lurks the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper."
  • "Tragedy of man's ignorance of man in which an intoxicated young husband sells his wife and child at auction for five pounds."@en
  • "The story of Michael Henchard, a West Country haytrusser who rose to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in the town of Casterbridge, but who cannot escape the consequences of one terrible day at the Weydon Priors Fair when he had drunk too much and sold his wife and child in an auction."
  • "A drunken, unemployed hay-trusser sells his wife and daughter at a fair, is eventually reunited with them when he is the mayor of a thriving market town, but in the end he becomes bankrupt and a social outcast."
  • "A drunken, unemployed hay-trusser sells his wife and daughter at a fair, is eventually reunited with them when he is the mayor of a thriving market town, but in the end he becomes bankrupt and a social outcast."@en
  • "Putting Henchard on trial for his behaviour enables this recording to get inside Hardy's novel. This audio GCSE guide combines a fully-cast dramatization of the text with the "hotseating" technique of questioning characters inside the book in order to give students access to the plot, historical background and the motivations of each character. It also offers advice and tips on planning and studying for exams and coursework."@en

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