Mayor of Casterbridge

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Use Trajectory analytics to deepen comprehension, to provide a focus for discussions and writing assignments, and to engage new readers with some of the greatest stories ever told. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy tells the tale of Michael Henchard who sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas.

He becomes a well respected man in Casterbridge but, behind this, he has a secret.