The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 2)

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. Read by Bruce Pirie. Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural and small-town England in the mid-1800s. In the original subtitle, Hardy called this the story of "a man of character," and the central character, Michael Henchard, is one of English fiction's greatest creations. Henchard is deeply developed as a realistic character, but also larger-than-life in the manner of a Greek or Shakespearean tragic hero — huge in his determination and huge in his failings. The novel deals with the struggles between individual will, the hold of the past, and the relentless control of circumstances in a changing society. (Summary by Bruce Pirie) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (120MB) Download M4B Part 2 (121MB) Download M4B Part 3 (112MB)

Directors & creators

Thomas Hardy

Subjects

librivox; literature; audiobook; mayor of casterbridge; thomas hardy

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