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  • Published: 6 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9781405669153
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download

The Mayor of Casterbridge





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Hardy’s powerful tale set in mid-19th century Dorset tells the tragic story of Michael Henchard, a man who cannot escape his past.

Drunk on rum 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 both wealth and the well respected position of Mayor. His family restored to him, Henchard’s happiness should be complete, but beneath the surface still smoulders the same impestousness and temper which combine with fate to bring about his degredation and ruin.

The BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation encompasses all the power and passion of Hardy’s tragic tale and stars John Nettles as Newson, David Calder as Michael Henchard and Janet Dale as Susan.

  • Published: 6 August 2007
  • ISBN: 9781405669153
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download

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