Saturday, 10 September 2016

Hardy's Wessex: Dorchester Corn Exchange


Had just arrived in Dorchester after a phased train journey (stopping off at Winchester) down from Manchester when I soon found myself passing the famous Corn Exchange building:


If I remember correctly, some of the main meetings and tense exchanges between Michael Henchard and Donald Farfrae occur at the Corn Exchange in Hardy's Dorchester novel, 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'.

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