The Mayor of Casterbridge

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Under the powerful influence of rum furmity, Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser, sells his wife Susan and their child Elisabeth-Jane to Newson, a sailor, for five guineas. Years later, Susan, now a widow, arrives in Casterbridge with Elisabeth-Jane, to seek her legal husband. To their surprise, Henchard is now the mayor of Casterbridge and, following the sale of his wife, took a twenty-one-year vote not to drink, out of shame. Hanchard remarries Susan and, as Elisabeth-Jane believes herself to be Newson's daughter, he adopts her as his own. But he cannot evade his destiny bu such measures, for his past refuses to be buried. Fate contrives for him to be punished for the recklessness of his younger days. Literatura Estrangeira / Romance / Ficção / Línguas Estrangeiras