Synopsis
BiP Educational Large Print version of the Longman edition ISBN 0 582 22586 8. This is a special, large print, educational edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. In content it is an exact copy of the Longman edition ISBN 0 582 22586 8. This type book is intended for visually impaired students who attend main stream schools. The design, layout and printing are specifically adapted to the needs of such pupils. It allows a school to use the same study material in a class of mixed visual abilities. Rooted in Thomas Hardy's native Wessex, this novel is the powerful tragedy of a man broken limb from limb on the wheel of his own wrong-headedness. Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser, sells his wife when drunk. Repentant and reformed he rises to become the Mayor of Casterbridge. Then, little by little he loses position, means, respect and love.
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