The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Readers (Graded Readers)) - Softcover

Hardy, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582777305 ISBN 13: 9780582777309

Publisher: Longman, 2003

Synopsis

The classic tale of a man who sells his wife and child and pays the consequences in the harsh world of nineteenth-century rural England.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

Synopsis:

One of a series of simplified educational editions written for learners of English as a foreign language.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0582777305
• ISBN 13: 9780582777309
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96