Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)
by Thomas Hardy
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- Running time
- 11 h 29 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Alisson Veldhuis
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In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and swears off drink, until his wife and daughter return eighteen years later, when he is now well-off and the Mayor of Casterbridge. - Summary by Alisson Veldhuis
