内容简介
The blind energies and defiant acts that bring an ambitiousman to power can also destroy him. This is the theme thatThomas Hardy explores through his greatest and mosttragic hero: Michael Henchard, the driven grain merchant of Casterbridge. From his drunken sale of his wife and baby at a county fair to his subjugation of a farming village, Henchard's life is an epic attempt to bring the world to heel as he hides, even from himself, all vestiges of emotionalvulnerability. Combining the suspense of a mystery with the poetry of the most powerful English novels, The Mavyor of Casterbridge is a masterpiece of psychological insight and profound tragedy.