{"product_id":"2026100012468-secondhand-the-langton-quartet","title":"The Langton Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Langton Quartet by Martin Boyd is a four-volume family saga of Australian literary fiction that follows the Langtons, a clan of Anglo-Australian gentry divided between Melbourne and England across three generations. “The Cardboard Crown” opens the sequence with a narrator unpicking his grandparents’ marriage and the faded pretensions of colonial society, while “A Difficult Young Man” captures the restless ambitions of Dominic Langton as he cuts a defiant path through Edwardian society. “Outbreak of Love” illustrates the collision of old Melbourne manners with the arrival of the First World War, and “When Blackbirds Sing” details the war’s devastation and the closing of an era, making this a prized set for collectors of Australian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948300374235,"sku":"2026100012468-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1d4432c2-46e5-40ad-8311-6bb821be62e3.png?v=1793104004","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012468-secondhand-the-langton-quartet","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}