The Mayor of Casterbridge

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The Mayor of Casterbridge is a classic 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy that traces the tragic rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a flawed grain merchant in a fictional Wessex town.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Thomas Hardy ⓘ
centralTheme character and responsibility ⓘ
fate ⓘ
guilt and redemption ⓘ
social status and downfall ⓘ
the consequences of impulsive actions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium Graphic (magazine) ⓘ
firstPublishedAs serial ⓘ
firstSerialPublicationYear 1886 ⓘ
genre realist novel ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921 film) ⓘ
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1951 film) ⓘ
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978 TV serial) ⓘ
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003 TV film) ⓘ
hasCharacter Abel Whittle ⓘ
Joshua Jopp ⓘ
Newson ⓘ
hasCriticalReception widely regarded as one of Thomas Hardy's major novels ⓘ
hasISBN 9780141439785 ⓘ
hasMoralQuestion whether a person can escape the consequences of past actions ⓘ
includedIn classic English literature canon ⓘ
literaryMovement naturalism ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Donald Farfrae ⓘ
Elizabeth-Jane ⓘ
Lucetta Templeman ⓘ
Michael Henchard ⓘ
Susan Henchard ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStructure chronological with occasional foreshadowing ⓘ
notableFor depiction of rural English society ⓘ
psychological depth of protagonist ⓘ
openingIncident Michael Henchard drunkenly sells his wife and child at a fair ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels ⓘ
placeOfSetting Dorset (fictionalized) ⓘ
linked to: Dorset
plotFocus rise and fall of Michael Henchard ⓘ
protagonist Michael Henchard ⓘ
publicationYear 1886 ⓘ
publisher Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
setInFictionalRegion Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
setting Casterbridge ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 19th century ⓘ
tone tragic ⓘ
workLocationOfAuthor Dorset ⓘ

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Thomas Hardy → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Jean Marsh → appearedIn → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Alan Bates → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
The Claim → basedOn → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
The Mayor of Casterbridge → hasAdaptation → The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978 TV serial) ⓘ
linked to: The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge → hasAdaptation → The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003 TV film) ⓘ
linked to: The Mayor of Casterbridge
Wessex (fictional region) → usedIn → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Dorchester, Dorset, England → featuredInWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Anna Massey → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Jodhi May → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Anna Vincent Massey → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Anne Stallybrass → notableWork → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Daniel Dillon → appearsIn → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man → includesAnalysisOf → The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ