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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56759.The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Classics)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1170459794m/56759.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56759.The_Mayor_of_Casterbridge?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Mayor of Casterbridge</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15905.Thomas_Hardy">Thomas Hardy</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19173817?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This, I think, is my favorite book. The plot is a bit "melodrama" at points--but my compassion for Henchard still lives in me. I love the affection that all of the characters are portrayed with; and I love the deep sense of nostalgia for the ways and simplicity of life portrayed in the book. I think the book is a tragedy--but I still haven't quite figured out what the real nature of that tragedy is. Hardy, in my opinion, is a genius of a kind that is particularly appealing to me, on a very personal level--that is, he strikes a chord very strongly with me. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/845514?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>