The Mayor of Casterbridge Suspense and ending in a prison

and ending in a prison cell in the US in 2002

Does power corrupt

tragically frail Beth

Willow becomes desperate to throw away her good girl reputation and explore her wild side

and socio-economic grievances

The Mayor of Casterbridge Suspense and ending in a prisonIn a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Years later, he becomes a respected and prosperous figure in the town of Casterbridge, yet he is haunted by the shameful secret of his past and a self destructive personality. Subtitled A Story of a Man of Character, Hardys powerful study of the heroic but flawed Henchard is a dramatic tale set against the vivid backdrop of a close knit