Author of ‘Mayor of Casterbridge’ was Thomas Hardy.
Story :
(i) It is a story about Michael Henchard, a rich grain merchant who becomes the Mayor of Casterbridge.
(ii) He is independent-minded with his own business style.
(iii) He was both unpredictably generous as well as cruel with his employees.
(iv) He was no match for his manager and rival Donald Farfrale who runs business with efficiency and is well-behaved and has good temperament.