The Mayor Of Casterbridge -

: In a drunken rage at a country fair, young hay-trusser Michael Henchard auctions off his wife, Susan, and infant daughter to a sailor for five guineas.

: Believed to be Henchard’s daughter, she is actually the biological daughter of the sailor Newson. She serves as the novel's moral anchor. The Mayor of Casterbridge

: Henchard eventually becomes a wealthy grain merchant and the respected Mayor of the town of Casterbridge. : In a drunken rage at a country