1. The Mayor Of Casterbridge
... as the town's corn-factor earlier in the novel. Jopp, obviously still upset about past events, gladly conspires to take him down. He and Henchard make a plan, which involves a weather prophet, who prophesizes that the weather would be bad for corn-growth in Casterbridge. Upon the hearing of this news, Henchard, with Jopp's consultant, decides to store up all the corn ... of town. However, the cruelty and insensitivity to the ex-mayor does not stop there. Upon their discovery of Michael's past through Jopp, who reads Lucetta's love letters aloud at Peter's Finger, the townspeople decide ...
- Word Count: 1083
- Approx Pages: 4
