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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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The Mayor of Casterbridge - The Life and Death of a Man of Character

The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), subtitled "The Life and Death of a Man of Character", is a tragic novel by British author Thomas Hardy. [Wikipedia]

Michael Henchard is the eponymous Mayor of Casterbridge who auctions off his wife and daughter. Do you think he really had a character?
  

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I believe the sub-title is being used with irony. I think I might prefer to gnaw my own hand off than hold a book written by Hardy. I really, REALLY disliked reading his stuff.

— BarbaraPA

  • I believe the sub-title is being used with irony.
  • I think I might prefer to gnaw my own hand off than hold a book written by Hardy.
  • I really, REALLY disliked reading his stuff.
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I believe the sub-title is being used with irony.

I think I might prefer to gnaw my own hand off than hold a book written by Hardy. I really, REALLY disliked reading his stuff.
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The subtitle is ironic.
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Grammar GeekI think I might prefer to gnaw my own hand off than hold a book written by Hardy. I really, REALLY disliked reading his stuff.
Ah, ye of faint heart. There's the Mayor, of course, and Tess, and the Return of the Native -- all truly delicious reads.

CJ
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Miss Manners taught me that there are two responses that between them are suitable for almost any comment.

The one in this case is "How lovely for you."
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