Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)
Author: first_name: Thomas
last_name: Hardy
Language: English
Year: 1886

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