The Mayor of CasterbridgeIn a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge. However, behind his success always lurks the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self destructive pride and temper. Subtitled A Story of a Man of Character, Hardy's powerful and