The Mayor of Casterbridge
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
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Self-Destruction
Familial and Romantic Love
Loyalty to Duty and Commitments
Humans and Nature
The Past and Forgiveness
Character
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Michael Henchard
Susan Henchard
Elizabeth-Jane Newson
Donald Farfrae
Lucetta Templeman
Richard Newson
Joshua Jopp
Abel Whittle
The furmity-woman
Symbols
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Five Guineas
Restoring Wheat
The Ring
The Second Bridge
The Effigies
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Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
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Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Setting
Similes
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Style
Tone
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The Mayor of Casterbridge
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Thomas Hardy
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Themes
All Themes
Self-Destruction
Familial and Romantic Love
Loyalty to Duty and Commitments
Humans and Nature
The Past and Forgiveness
Character
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Michael Henchard
Susan Henchard
Elizabeth-Jane Newson
Donald Farfrae
Lucetta Templeman
Richard Newson
Joshua Jopp
Abel Whittle
The furmity-woman
Symbols
All Symbols
Five Guineas
Restoring Wheat
The Ring
The Second Bridge
The Effigies
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
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