Thomas Hardy’s almost supernatural insight into the course of wayward lives, his instinctive feeling for the beauty of the rural landscape, and his power to invest that landscape with moral significance all came together in an utterly fluent way in The Mayor of Casterbridge. A classically shaped story about the rise and fall of the brooding and sometimes brutal Michael Henchard in the harsh world of nineteenth-century rural England, The Mayor of Casterbridge is an emblematic product of Hardy’s maturity–vigorous, forceful, and unclouded by illusions.
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"...But her strong sense that neither she nor any human being deserved less than was given, did not blind her to the fact that there were others receiving less who had deserved much more."
評分finally finished. it was a good—read in general. I could hardly repress my tears reading the final part. It seems to me to be a story of humanity. Henchard is the complex humanity incarnated. He is impulsive, a bit too self-esteemed but good-hearted. ...
圖書標籤: Thomas Hardy 英文 英國文學 of mayor The Casterbridge
本學期需要讀的最後一本書。讀完就可以滾迴傢瞭,內牛滿麵,無法自持。【5-10】Brennan躺在草地上放聲朗讀瞭第二章。
評分大學英語課選讀的書,多年之後重讀。
評分Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain. 這句太贊
評分like the ending
評分Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain. 這句太贊
The Mayor of Casterbridge 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載