{"product_id":"2026200008048-secondhand-the-princess-casamassima","title":"The Princess Casamassima","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of psychological realism and political intrigue, The Princess Casamassima chronicles the short, turbulent life of Hyacinth Robinson, a young London bookbinder torn between his working-class roots and his yearning for beauty, culture, and refinement. Set against the gaslit streets and revolutionary undercurrents of 1880s London, Henry James constructs a richly layered narrative that uncovers the seductive pull of anarchist politics and the impossible contradictions of class aspiration. At the centre of Hyacinth's unravelling stands the enigmatic Princess Casamassima, a wealthy aristocrat who has abandoned her privileged world to romanticise radical causes, drawing him ever deeper into a dangerous commitment he cannot escape. James writes with his characteristic precision and moral seriousness, presenting a tragedy of divided loyalties that remains one of the most penetrating fictional treatments of political idealism and personal sacrifice in the English literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956183675099,"sku":"2026200008048-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c7716a36-9d50-454f-b834-9ff15d2b059d.png?v=1783498796","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008048-secondhand-the-princess-casamassima","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}