![]() He is well respected for his financial acumen and his work ethic, but he is not well liked. ![]() Nineteen years later, Henchard, now a successful grain merchant, is the eponymous Mayor of Casterbridge, known for his staunch sobriety. When he realizes that his wife and daughter are gone, probably for good, he swears not to touch liquor again for as many years as he has lived so far (21). Once sober the next day, he is too late to recover his family, particularly since his reluctance to reveal his own bad conduct keeps him from conducting an effective search. Spurred by alcohol, he decides to auction off his wife and baby daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to a sailor, Mr. Michael Henchard, a young hay trusser, overindulges in rum-laced furmity and quarrels with his wife, Susan. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy is a tragic novel set in the fictional town of Casterbridge. ![]()
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