{"product_id":"2026100008549-secondhand-the-patrician","title":"The Patrician","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair\/Acceptable. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning and foxing visible; half-title page missing. Markings: No markings. Binding: Aged but appears intact. Stickers\/Labels: None visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of Edwardian literary fiction, The Patrician examines the tensions between aristocratic duty and personal desire in early twentieth-century England. Written by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy, the novel centres on Lord Miltoun, a rigid and idealistic young English nobleman whose political ambitions are tested when he falls passionately in love with a married woman. Galsworthy presents this conflict with his trademark social acuity, dissecting the suffocating conventions of the English upper class with precision and quiet moral authority. The narrative unfolds at a measured, contemplative pace, as each character is forced to weigh personal happiness against the demands of social position and ancestral obligation. It stands as a powerful illustration of Galsworthy's recurring preoccupation with the cost of conformity and the quiet tragedies bred by privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956313567451,"sku":"2026100008549-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5e9fe4d5-53d4-4f0e-be94-5bc8974fd783.png?v=1783499509","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008549-secondhand-the-patrician","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}