The Mayor of Casterbridge

“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.” ― Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

In The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, a drunken Michael Henchard auctions off his wife and baby daughter at a country fair. Regretting his rash action the next morning, Henchard vows sobriety and builds a life as a respected grain merchant and the Mayor of Casterbridge. When his past catches up with him 18 years later, Henchard's life is turned upside down.
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