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1、TheMayorofCasterbridge卡斯特桥市长ThomasHardyAuthorThomasHardy(1840-1928)Anoutstandingnovelistaswellasapoet;Bestknownforhisprofoundreflectiononhumancircumstanceandfateinarecklessworld."novelistofcharacterandenvironment”AtransitionalfigurebetweentheVictoria
2、nAgeandthe20thcentury;SocialBackgroundWhenThomasHardyappearedonthesceneafterthe1870s,societywasgoingthroughdrasticchanges.Lifewascrisis-laden;peoplebecamehelplessandinsignificantinfaceofanoverwhelminguniverse.LifeStoryborninDorsetin1840hereceivededuc
3、ationatlocalschoolsuntilhewas15yearsoldwasarticledtoalocalarchitect,at16SixyearslaterhewenttoLondontoworkforafamousarchitect.MarriagewithEmmaGiffordin1874.Hardy’sHouseHardy’sStatueMajorWorksUndertheGreenwoodTree《绿林荫下》(1872)FarfromtheMaddingCrowd《远离尘嚣
4、》(1874)《还乡》(1878)TheMayorofCasterbridge《卡斯特乔市长》(1886)Tessofthed'Urbervilles《德伯家的苔丝》(1891)《无名的裘德》(1896)WessexPoems《威塞克斯故事》TheDynasts《列王》TheMayorofCasterbridgeElizabeth-JaneNewsonsoldierFarfraeLucettaSusanHenchardMainPlotThemaincharacterinthenovel—ayou
5、ngman,namedHenchard.Oneeveninghedrankalot,andhesoldhiswifeanddaughtertoasoldier,Newson.Nextday,Henchardfeltdeeplyregretfulforwhathehaddone.Helookedforthemeverywherebutfailed.Afterthat,hemadeapromisetoGodthathewouldneverdrinkinthefollowingtwentyyears.
6、Abouteighteenyearslater,Henchard’swife,Susan,camebackwithherdaughterafterthesoldiermissing.AndwhenSusanwenttoCasterbridgeknewthatHenchardhadalreadybecomeasuccessfulman.HenchardthoughtElizabeth-Janwastheirowndaughter,sodecidedtomarrywithSusanagain.ASc
7、ottishnamedFarfraecameintoCasterbridge,andhebecamenotonlyacompetentassistantbutagoodfriendofHenchard.Elizabeth-JanelovedhimverymuchforhishandsomefaceandhistalentinsingingScottishsongs.ButhelovesLucetta,whohadintendedtomarrywithHenchard.HnchardandSusa
8、ngotmarried,however,theirnewlifedidn’tlastlongforSusandied.SheleftalettertoHenchard,fromtheletter,HenchardknewthatElizabethwasnotherdaughteratall.ElizabethwasthechildofSusanandthesoldier.ThenHenchard’sattitudetowardElizabethchangedalot.Atthesametime,
