Download or read book The Mayor of Casterbridge Illustrated written by Thomas Hardy and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper.