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　　From Library Journal
　　If this audiobook were a movie, it might drain the entire WestEnd to replace the single voice of Tony Britton. Not only does hedisplay extraordinary command of old dialects, but he also revealsdeep understanding of the rural inhabitants of 18th-century Wessex.So skilled is the reading that it could be the colorful charactersthemselves sounding off at The Three Mariners in the center ofCasterbridge. Of course author Hardy (Tess of the D'Urbervilles,Audio Reviews, LJ 5/15/92) has done his part. This novel is one ofhis most inspiring creations. It is about a common field laborer,Michael Henshard, who becomes a leader in this small market townand then?through his own failure?sinks back miserably to his humblebeginnings. As this tragic figure moves across the landscape ofHardy's native Dorset, de*ions of the countryside are asevocative as paintings by John Constable and as lively as scenes byPeter Brueghel. Highly recommended.?Jo Carr, Sarasota, Fla.
　　Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refersto the Audio Cassette edition.
　　
　　Review
　　?Hardy?s world is a world that can never disappear.? ?MargaretDrabble -- Review --This text refers to the Paperbackedition.
　　
　　Review
　　
　　"Wonderful, comprehensive edition at reasonable cost to students.The chronology, maps, notes on text, and introduction by thetalented Dale Kramer make this edition a great value for themoney."--Bonnie W. Epstein, Plymouth State College
　　--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ofthis title.
　　

From Library Journal 
　　If this audiobook were a movie, it might drain the entire West
End to replace the single voice of Tony Britton. Not only does he
display extraordinary command of old dialects, but he also reveals
deep understanding of the rural inhabitants of 18th-century Wessex.
So skilled is the reading that it could be the colorful characters
themselves sounding off at The Three Mariners in the center of
Casterbridge. Of course author Hardy (Tess of the D'Urbervilles,
Audio Reviews, LJ 5/15/92) has done his part. This novel is one of
his most inspiring creations. It is about a common field laborer,
Michael Henshard, who becomes a leader in this small market town
and then?through his own failure?sinks back miserably to his humble
beginnings. As this tragic figure moves across the landscape of
Hardy's native Dorset, de*ions of the countryside are as
evocative as paintings by John Constable and as lively as scenes by
Peter Brueghel. Highly recommended.?Jo Carr, Sarasota, Fla. 
　　Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers
to the Audio Cassette edition. 
　　 
　　Review 
　　?Hardy?s world is a world that can never disappear.? ?Margaret
Drabble -- Review --This text refers to the Paperback
edition. 
　　 
　　Review 
　　 
　　"Wonderful, comprehensive edition at reasonable cost to students.
The chronology, maps, notes on text, and introduction by the
talented Dale Kramer make this edition a great value for the
money."--Bonnie W. Epstein, Plymouth State College 
　　--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of
this title. 
　　 
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　　This popular series of readers has now been completely revised
and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists.
Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed
computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the
story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused
for maximum reinforcement.

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内容简介

　　From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels.

　　Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story build into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power–only to suffer a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, “Hardy’s Lord Jim…his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.

作者简介

　　Thomas Hardy, whose writings immortalized the Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life,was born near Egdon Heath Dorset in 1840, the eldest child of aprosperous stonesmason. As a youth he trained as an architect in1862 obtained a post in London. During this time he began seriouslyto write poetry, which remained his first literary love and hislast. In 1867-68, his fist novel was refused publication, but Underthe Greenwood Tree (1872), his first Essex novel, did well enoughfor him to continue writing. In 1874, Far from the Madding Crowd,published serially and anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine, becamea great success. Hardy married Emma Gifford in1874, and in 1855,they settled at Max Gate in Dorchester, where he lived the rest ofhis life. There he wrote The Return of the Native (1878) The Mayorof Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), and Judethe Obscure (1895). With Tess Hardy clashed with the expectationsof his audience; a storm of abuse broke over the “infidelity” and“obscenity” of this great novel he had subtitled “A Pure WomanFaithfully Presented.” Jude the Obscure aroused even greaterindignation and was denounced as pornography. Hardy’s disgust atthe reaction to Jude led him to announce in 1896 that he wouldnever write fiction again. He published the Wessex Poems in 1898,Poems of the Past and Present in 1901, and from 1903 to 1908, TheDynasts, a huge drama in which Hardy’s conception of the ImmanentWill, implicit in the tragic novels, in most clearly stated. In1912, Hardy’s wife Emma died. The marriage was childless and hadlong been a troubled one, but in the years after her death, Hardymemorialized her in several poems. At 74, he married his longtimesecretary, Florence Dugdale, herself a writer of children’s booksand articles, with whom he lived happily until his death in 1928.His heart was buried in the Wessex countryside; his ashes wereplaced next to Charles Dickens’s in the Poets Corner of WestminsterAbbey.

Thomas Hardy, whose writings immortalized the Wessex country
side and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life,
was born near Egdon Heath Dorset in 1840, the eldest child of a
prosperous stonesmason. As a youth he trained as an architect in
1862 obtained a post in London. During this time he began seriously
to write poetry, which remained his first literary love and his
last. In 1867-68, his fist novel was refused publication, but Under
the Greenwood Tree (1872), his first Essex novel, did well enough
for him to continue writing. In 1874, Far from the Madding Crowd,
published serially and anonymously in the Cornhill Magazine, became
a great success. Hardy married Emma Gifford in1874, and in 1855,
they settled at Max Gate in Dorchester, where he lived the rest of
his life. There he wrote The Return of the Native (1878) The Mayor
of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), and Jude
the Obscure (1895). With Tess Hardy clashed with the expectations
of his audience; a storm of abuse broke over the “infidelity” and
“obscenity” of this great novel he had subtitled “A Pure Woman
Faithfully Presented.” Jude the Obscure aroused even greater
indignation and was denounced as pornography. Hardy’s disgust at
the reaction to Jude led him to announce in 1896 that he would
never write fiction again. He published the Wessex Poems in 1898,
Poems of the Past and Present in 1901, and from 1903 to 1908, The
Dynasts, a huge drama in which Hardy’s conception of the Immanent
Will, implicit in the tragic novels, in most clearly stated. In
1912, Hardy’s wife Emma died. The marriage was childless and had
long been a troubled one, but in the years after her death, Hardy
memorialized her in several poems. At 74, he married his longtime
secretary, Florence Dugdale, herself a writer of children’s books
and articles, with whom he lived happily until his death in 1928.
His heart was buried in the Wessex countryside; his ashes were
placed next to Charles Dickens’s in the Poets Corner of Westminster
Abbey.

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