Michael Henchard, an unemployed farmhand, gets drunk and sells his wife and baby daughter, but nineteen years later, when he is the Mayor of Casterbridge, his past is brought back to haunt him, when they return, and his success is undone.
Bathsheba Everdene is courted by three young men: an adventurer, a young farmer who becomes bailiff of the farm she inherits, and a neighboring farmer.
Tells the story about a headstrong man who rises to become the richest corn merchant and chief citizen in his town. Despite his great wealth and power, however, the man can not forget his past.
