{"product_id":"2026100009322-secondhand-caleb-williams","title":"Caleb Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadowy corridors of late eighteenth-century England, a young man's insatiable curiosity destroys his world — this is the gripping premise of William Godwin's Caleb Williams, a landmark of radical fiction first published in 1794. Caleb, a bright and inquisitive servant, uncovers the dark secret of his aristocratic employer, Ferdinando Falkland — a secret of honour, murder, and moral corruption — and finds himself relentlessly hunted across the length of England as punishment for daring to know too much. The novel chronicles Caleb's desperate flight and persecution with breathtaking urgency, drawing the reader into a world where the machinery of justice is weaponised by the privileged against the powerless.\n\nGodwin constructs his narrative as a searing political indictment of England's class system, the tyranny of social institutions, and the corrupting nature of power — themes that resonate as powerfully today as they did in the revolutionary 1790s. Writing with the precision of a philosopher and the passion of a revolutionary, Godwin anticipates the modern psychological thriller while grounding every twist in rigorous Enlightenment thought. This Oxford University Press edition, edited with an introduction by David McCracken, presents the definitive scholarly text, offering essential context for one of literature's most electrifying acts of dissent. Can a man outrun a society determined to silence him?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216193560795,"sku":"2026100009322-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d82e5a99-a354-4bcf-80bf-1f31613c2c3e.png?v=1788405006","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009322-secondhand-caleb-williams","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}