This text includes the full text and GCSE support materials: a section the writing process of Hardy; an introduction; how to keep a reading log; a full study programme designed for the National Curriculum and GCSE syllabuses. The study material could also be used with A level students. Rooted in Hardy's native Wessex, this novel follows the story of a man who sells his wife when drunk. Repentant and reformed, he rises to become the Mayor of Casterbridge. Then, little by little he loses position, means, respect and love.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Longman Literature .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 448 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Pearson Education Limited .

THOMAS HARDY (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. London-based illustrator ANN KRONHEIMER specialises in children's publishing, picture and story books, early readers and educational books for infants up to young adults. She uses a dip pen and ink, sometimes with a wash and sometimes just line, combining traditional style with modern imagery.