num_pages: 313
description: Thomas Hardy, OM (1840-1928) was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement. The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-imaginary county of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances.
language: English
title: The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge
titlecomplete: The Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge
characters: Elizabeth-Jane Newson, Donald Farfrae, Susan Henchard, Richard Newson, Michael Henchard, Lucetta Templeman
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 61193
places: Wessex, England, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd