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1、TheMayorofCasterbridge卡斯特桥市长ThomasHardyAuthorThomasHardy(1840-1928)Anoutstandingnovelistaswellasapoet;Bestknownforhisprofoundreflectiononhumancircumstanceandfateinarecklessworld."novelistofcharacterandenvironment”AtransitionalfigurebetweentheVictorianAgeandthe20thcentury;SocialBac
2、kgroundWhenThomasHardyappearedonthesceneafterthe1870s,societywasgoingthroughdrasticchanges.Lifewascrisis-laden;peoplebecamehelplessandinsignificantinfaceofanoverwhelminguniverse.LifeStoryborninDorsetin1840hereceivededucationatlocalschoolsuntilhewas15yearsoldwasarticledtoalocalarch
3、itect,at16SixyearslaterhewenttoLondontoworkforafamousarchitect.MarriagewithEmmaGiffordin1874.Hardy’sHouseHardy’sStatueMajorWorksUndertheGreenwoodTree《绿林荫下》(1872)FarfromtheMaddingCrowd《远离尘嚣》(1874)《还乡》(1878)TheMayorofCasterbridge《卡斯特乔市长》(1886)Tessofthed'Urbervilles《德伯家的苔丝》(1891)《无名的
4、裘德》(1896)WessexPoems《威塞克斯故事》TheDynasts《列王》TheMayorofCasterbridgeElizabeth-JaneNewsonsoldierFarfraeLucettaSusanHenchardMainPlotThemaincharacterinthenovel—ayoungman,namedHenchard.Oneeveninghedrankalot,andhesoldhiswifeanddaughtertoasoldier,Newson.Nextday,Henchardfeltdeeplyregretfulfo
5、rwhathehaddone.Helookedforthemeverywherebutfailed.Afterthat,hemadeapromisetoGodthathewouldneverdrinkinthefollowingtwentyyears.Abouteighteenyearslater,Henchard’swife,Susan,camebackwithherdaughterafterthesoldiermissing.AndwhenSusanwenttoCasterbridgeknewthatHenchardhadalreadybecomeas
6、uccessfulman.HenchardthoughtElizabeth-Janwastheirowndaughter,sodecidedtomarrywithSusanagain.AScottishnamedFarfraecameintoCasterbridge,andhebecamenotonlyacompetentassistantbutagoodfriendofHenchard.Elizabeth-JanelovedhimverymuchforhishandsomefaceandhistalentinsingingScottishsongs.Bu
7、thelovesLucetta,whohadintendedtomarrywithHenchard.HnchardandSusangotmarried,however,theirnewlifedidn’tlastlongforSusandied.SheleftalettertoHenchard,fromtheletter,HenchardknewthatElizabethwasnotherdaughteratall.ElizabethwasthechildofSusanandthesoldier.ThenHenchard’sattitudetowardEl
8、izabethchangedalot.Atthesametime,
