Dimensions
130 x 200 x 25mm
Hardy's powerful study of an ambitious man ruined by his own uncontrollable passions.
When 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 haunt him.
Rural superstition, professional and romantic rivalry and blackmail all play their part in the social drama of ambitious Henchard's downfall, as he loses first his reputation, then his self-control and finally his pride.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, text summary, selected criticism and chronology of Hardy's life and times.
