The Mayor of Casterbridge Chapter 37

from The Thomas Hardy Library · host Thomas Hardy

In which the small town of Casterbridge prepares with great excitement and ceremony for the brief visit of a Royal Personage, stirring its inhabitants with pride and rivalry alike. Amidst the gathering throng and official homage, Henchard’s unexpected and determined presence introduces a note of personal defiance into the otherwise orderly festivity, observed keenly by those who know the undercurrents beneath the civic pageantry.

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