The Mayor of Casterbridge (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Genealogy, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Business or business people, Fate or fatalism, Merchants
- Locales: Wessex, England
Places Discussed
Casterbridge. Bustling market town in Hardy’s fictional Wessex countryside in southern England. Its origins date back to Roman times, and several of its features remain from that era: a Roman amphitheater, a graveyard, and the straight roads connecting Casterbridge with adjacent towns. Hardy describes Casterbridge from two opposite perspectives. On one hand, from Yalbury Hill a mile away, it appears a well-defined urban community, set square in rolling, open countryside, sharply divided from the country by a wall, tree-lined avenues, and a river. On the other...
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