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The Mayor of Casterbridge

Name: The Mayor of Casterbridge
ISBN: 0486437493

A cruel joke at a country fair goes too far when a drunken laborer auctions off his wife and child to the highest bidder. So begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy's gripping tale of a man's rise and fall amid the natural beauty and

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“I won't be a slave to the past. I'll love where I choose.”

— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com

Tagged: Slave, Past, selflessness, Initiative, Love

“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”

— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Life, Suffering