文档介绍：The Mayor of Casterbridge
卡斯特桥市长
Thomas Hardy
Author
Thomas Hardy
(1840-1928)
An outstanding novelist as well as a poet;
Best known for his profound reflection on human circumstance and fate in a reckless world.
"novelist of character and environment”
A transitional figure between the Victorian Age and the 20th century;
Social Background
When Thomas Hardy appeared on the scene after the 1870s, society was going through drastic changes.
Life was crisis-laden; people became helpless and insignificant in face of an overwhelming universe.
Life Story
born in Dorset in 1840
he received education at local schools until he was 15 years old
was articled to a local architect, at 16
Six years later he went to London to
work for a famous architect.
Marriage with Emma Gifford in 1874.
Hardy’s House
Hardy’s Statue
Major Works
Under the Greenwood Tree 《绿林荫下》(1872)
Far from the Madding Crowd 《远离尘嚣》(1874)
《还乡》(1878)
The Mayor of Casterbridge 《卡斯特乔市长》(1886)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles 《德伯家的苔丝》(1891)
《无名的裘德》(1896)
Wessex Poems 《威塞克斯故事》
The Dynasts 《列王》
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Elizabeth-Jane
Newson
soldier
Farfrae
Lucetta
Susan
Henchard