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Author: Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge is a tragic novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1886, about Michael Henchard, a hay-trusser who, in a drunken rage, sells his wife and daughter at a fair, only to later become the respected mayor of the fictional town of Casterbridge, whose past eventually catches up to him, leading to his downfall. The story explores themes of fate, guilt, ambition, and the consequences of past actions, set against the backdrop of rural 19th-century England.