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Chargement... Le maire de casterbridge / histoire d'un homme de caractere (1886)par Thomas Hardy
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BBC Big Read (52) » 34 plus Unread books (73) Best family sagas (112) AP Lit (2) 100 World Classics (85) Books Read in 2022 (3,606) Out of Copyright (98) Fate vs. Free Will (18) Books I've read (8) Books on my Kindle (36) Books Read in 2004 (121) 19th Century (171) 1880s (9) Tagged 19th Century (48) Victorian Period (49) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. ![]() ![]() I'm in a foul mood. I should not take it out on this book which is among the best I have ever read. It's just that in the middle of writing a great review my keyboard died and after several hours needed to convince product support people this keyboard is indeed not able to pair anymore I wound up losing my original review and having to start off from scratch. Forgive me, Thomas Hardy, it was not your fault. Hopefully by the end of recreating this I will be in a much better mood. Hardy's masterpiece starts off with an event designed to offend anyone who reads it. We are introduced to a man in a drunken stupor in an auction tent and who announces he's ready to sell his wife and child to the highest bidder. She, totally annoyed with him, signals her agreement with the offer. A sailor, taking pity on the woman, meets the drunk's demand and buys the wife and child. They immediately leave together. The next morning the drunk realizes his ridiculous mistake, repents, and tries unsuccessfully to find them. He goes to church and swears to avoid all contact with alcohol for twenty one years. While he tells anyone who asks that he did something dreadful under the influence of alcohol, what he did he tells almost no one. The man who becomes the mayor and richest man in Casterbridge has a secret which he is ashamed of. This sets the stage for the rest of their story. Many of the reviews I write are of works that have been published more than a hundred years ago. After warning the reader with a spoiler alert I feel free to relate plot twists the reader might not like to know about before they read the book. In this case I'm departing from my usual style since there are so many plot twists it is hard to know where to begin. The author has gone out of his way not to hint at them before they occur and in many cases totally change where this story was going. This out of nowhere change is consistent with the personality the author is building. No one in the story is able to predict when the Mayor is going to switch gears. This story was originally published serially. Readers were anxious to find out what happened next. One can picture many pub discussions where patrons argue about what to expect with bets likely being ways to back up assertions. Rather than describe the plot line there are other aspects to address in this review. The first is it's psychological dimension. Today we would describe this man as having a severe case of manic depressive disorder or some form of bipolar disorder. He swings widely between extremely opposite states. People he loves become people he hates. Friends become enemies. Allies become rivals. Rich go bankrupt. Beggars become patrons. Never is the change the result of anything they did. This makes him both lovable and feared. People learn not to trust him, they can't predict where he be at any moment. What is predictable is that whatever direction he takes he will boldly go in that direction. The highs and lows are just in his nature. The second are the secrets. Everyone seems to have one. Even the good natured Scotsman who sings fondly of his homeland yet never seems to say why he never goes back. And of course the Mayor has some we're privy too but some only come out later. His wife has some she keeps from both the Mayor and some from even her daughter. This novel is on John Irving's top 10 list. It felt very Shakespearian. Things were never quite what they seemed. The rich man goes bankrupt. The peasant becomes the patron. The weather turns. The friend becomes an enemy. An enemy becomes a friend. A secret is revealed. A secret is concealed. Hardy's message seems to be nothing is exactly like what it seems on the surface, there's always more. Great for serializing. The third is the role of women. There are three in this tale. None come across as someone Hardy was presenting as a person who might be a role model for others. The first is the wife who is sold in the auction. She's the clearest victim here. But her actions are explained by several as the result of her being a simple unquestioning person. Not someone who sets a path others should follow. She also keeps secrets. Then there's the daughter. She sees her own limits and is constantly trying to improve herself by reading and practicing handwriting and drawing. She's ready to go into the background when the Scotsman prefers the other woman. Again a little too passive. And then there's the other woman. Yet another victim but we see her as the schemer rather than anything else. Hardy loves giving us characters with both positive and negative sides. Great for realism. I may be expecting too much to want to see a woman as someone anyone could look to. After reading the book I watched the movie. It was fairly faithful to the plot. The major difference was the movie was darker and emphasized the depression. It was harder to see the manic side. The only exception was the resilience of the Mayor after his fall into bankruptcy. I feel better now. This is a great book. I recommend both the book and the movie. Het verhaal gaat over de opkomst en ondergang van de landarbeider Michael Henchard. Deze verkoopt, in een dronken bui, zijn vrouw en pasgeboren baby op de markt aan een zeeman. Met al zijn energie begint Henchard daarna aan een nieuw, rijk en deftig leven als burgemeester van Casterbridge en machtig graanhandelaar. Maar het verleden achtervolgt hem en het noodlot slaat toe op het hoogtepunt van zijn roem. Met alle onverwachte gevolgen van dien... Een klassiek verhaal vol romantiek en spanning. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Michael Henchard est un jeune saisonnier qui vit avec sa femme, Susan, et sa fille, Elizabeth-Jane, dans un village du Wessex.Un jour, sous l'empire de l'alcool, apres une violente dispute avec sa femme, il decide de la vendre avec sa fille a un marin de passage, M. Wenson. Degrise, il mesure l'etendue du desastre et, plus seul que jamais, se promet de ne plus jamais s'approcher d'un goulot...Dix-huit annees apres, devenu un marchand prospere, Michael est elu maire de la ville de Casterbridge. Tous le croient veuf. Mais le hasard place sur sa route une certaine Lucette Le Sueur, avec qui il noue une relation...Or la jeune femme, deshonoree, se voit contrainte d'epouser Michael pour retrouver sa dignite. Pas si simple, puisque le maire de Casterbridge, devant la loi, reste un homme marie... C'est le moment que choisissent, pour surgir du passe, Susan et sa fille Elisabeth-Jane... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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