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    Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge”
    Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge”
    Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge”
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    Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge”

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    A Few Words
    Introduction
    Characters
    Summary
    Thematic Analysis
    Modern Day Locations Mentioned in the Book
    Adaptations

    English literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

    This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original book. If you want to read the original text, this is not the book for you.

    This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

    Thank you

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaja Sharma
    Release dateNov 22, 2022
    ISBN9781005580629
    Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge”
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    Students' Academy

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      Summary and Analysis of “the Mayor of Casterbridge” - Students' Academy

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      Table of Content

      A Few Words

      Introduction

      Characters

      Summary

      Thematic Analysis

      Modern Day Locations Mentioned in the Book

      Adaptations

      Chapter 1

      A Few Words

      English literature students sometimes find it difficult to read some major syllabus books and need someone's help. Literary language differs from everyday spoken language, so they find it difficult to read literary articles, plays, poems, and novels. In such a situation, instruction books help them.

      This guidebook is for students of English literature. It is not the original book. If you want to read the original text, this is not the book for you.

      This guidebook provides only a summary and analysis of the original text.

      Thank you

      Chapter 2

      Introduction: The Mayor of Casterbridge

      The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), subtitled The Life and Death of a Man of Character, is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. It is set in the fictional town of Casterbridge (based on the town of Dorchester in Dorset). The book is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, all set in a fictional, rustic England. The novel is often considered one of Hardy's greatest works.

      Chapter 3

      Characters

      Michael Henchard

      The first of the two mayors of Casterbridge discussed in this book, Michael Henchard, starts his life as a poor journeyman hay-trusser.

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