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Tells The Story About A Headstrong Man Who Rises To Become The Richest Corn Merchant And Chief Citizen In His Town. Despite His Great Wealth And Power, However, His Past Comes Back To Haunt Him, His Fortunes Turn For The Worst, And He Ends Up At The Mercy Of His Arch Rival. Foreword -- The Text Of The Mayor Of Casterbridge -- Preface -- The Mayor Of Casterbridge -- A Note On The Text -- Backgrounds -- The Setting -- Map Of The Wessex Of Novels And Poems -- Key To Place Names In The Mayor Of Casterbridge -- Map Of Casterbridge And Durnover (circa 1848) -- Composition, Publication, Reception -- Christine Winfield: The Manuscript Of Hardy's Mayor Of Casterbridge -- Richard Little Purdy: [publication Of The Novel] -- Carl J. Weber: [reception Of The Novel] -- From Hardy' Autobiography: [on The Mayor Of Casterbridge] -- Criticism -- Contemporary Critical Reception -- Critical Essays -- Joseph Warrn Beach: Movie -- Virginia Woolf: [hardy's Impression Of Life] -- Albert J. Guerard: [henchard,
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