The Mayor of Casterbridge

In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper.

Intr-un acces de betie, Michael Henchard isi vinde sotia si fiica bebelusa pentru cinci guinee la un targ de tara. De-a lungul anilor urmatori, reuseste sa se impuna, dar in spatele succesului sau se ascunde intotdeauna secretul rusinos al trecutului sau si o personalitate predispusa la mandrie si temperament autodistructiv.