The Mayor of Casterbridge

出版者:Random House Inc

作者:Hardy, Thomas

页数:416

出版时间:2002-5

价格:$ 10.17

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780375760068

One of Hardy’s most powerful novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge opens with a shocking and haunting scene: In a drunken rage, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a visiting sailor at a local fair. When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard—having gained power and success as the mayor—finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. The Mayor of Casterbridge is a rich, psychological novel about a man whose own flaws combine with fate to cause his ruin.

This Modern Library Paperback Classic reprints the authoritative 1912 Wessex edition, as well as Hardy’s map of Wessex.

读后感

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. ...  

"...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."  

原来的新文艺版是繁体，结果81年的译文版加入了部分简体的页码。虽然不多，但是看到了就有点吃了麻辣怪味豆的感觉。原因不明，或许当初的新文艺版本就有这个问题（那就要出来一个穿越时空的怪侠了），或者工人排版错误（那就要追究责任编辑的问题了）。 这种情况还是第一次碰...  

主人公亨察德是一个性格不太好的人，按现代人的说法他的情商不太高。他脾气暴躁、刚愎自用，而且还很孤傲，不能也不愿与人进行沟通，此外，他的思想还有些狭隘，也不能做到与时俱进，这些都导致了他一步接着一步的犯错，最后把自己弄到了很悲惨的境地。哈代的故事设计的很巧妙...