From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion， The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels.Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century...
From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion， The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels.Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England， the story build into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge， in which the strong， willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power–only to suffer a most bitter downfall. Proud， obsessed， ultimately committed to his own destruction， Henchard is， as Albert Guerard has said， “Hardy’s Lord Jim…his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.
The man finished his basin, and called for another, the rum being signalled for in yet stronger proportion. The effect of it was soon apparent in his manner, and his wife but too sadly perceived that in strenuously steering off the rocks of the licensed liquor-tent she had only got into maelstrom depths here amongst the smugglers. (查看原文)
finally finished. it was a good—read in general. I could hardly repress my tears reading the final part. It seems to me to be a story of humanity. Henchard is the complex humanity incarnated. He is impulsive, a bit too self-esteemed but good-hearted. ...
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托马斯·哈代 作者
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上海译文出版社2002版
1 有用 林大洲游啊游 2009-08-17 20:11:20
哈代经典之一。这是读书期间看的，选修的英国文学里重点推荐的作者，于是几乎把他的书都看了。虽然看得很入迷很开心，但是哈代笔下弥漫着悲观、绝望和命运的无助，对年轻尚未定性的心灵影响不好，傻傻地分不清是小说还是现实。看一本足以，其它时间不如看看史哲或科学类书籍。
0 有用 那XX 2018-10-15 23:55:54
感觉越看越像在看意难忘。。
0 有用 那XX 2018-10-15 23:55:54
感觉越看越像在看意难忘。。
1 有用 林大洲游啊游 2009-08-17 20:11:20
哈代经典之一。这是读书期间看的，选修的英国文学里重点推荐的作者，于是几乎把他的书都看了。虽然看得很入迷很开心，但是哈代笔下弥漫着悲观、绝望和命运的无助，对年轻尚未定性的心灵影响不好，傻傻地分不清是小说还是现实。看一本足以，其它时间不如看看史哲或科学类书籍。