OWC: The Mayor of Casterbridge

Oxford World’s Classics

• The only critically established text of the novel, based on a comprehensive study of the manuscript and Hardy’s extensive revisions.
• Pamela Dalziel’s new introduction incorporates the latest critical thinking on the novel and offers an original analysis of Hardy’s representation of the modern and his characterization of Elizabeth-Jane in the
• Updated bibliography.
• New chronology.
• Map.
• Glossary of dialect words.

New to this Edition:

• New introduction by Pamela Dalziel, in addition to providing a basic introduction to the novel, analyses Hardy’s representation of the modern and makes an original contribution to discusion of the character of Elizabeth-Jane as proto-feminist.
• Updated bibliography.
• New chronology.