{"product_id":"2026200008644-secondhand-maurice-guest","title":"Maurice Guest","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 landmark of Australian literature, Maurice Guest is a sweeping, psychologically intense novel of passion, obsession, and destruction set among a community of music students in Leipzig at the turn of the twentieth century. The story chronicles the tragic fate of Maurice Guest, a young English musician who becomes devastatingly consumed by his love for the beautiful and elusive Louise Dufrayer. Henry Handel Richardson writes with unflinching realism, presenting the corrosive power of unrequited desire as it dismantles ambition, friendship, and self-worth. The novel stands as one of the earliest and most brutally honest Australian novels, a work that argues for the equal capacity of antipodean literature to match the depth and scope of any European tradition. Rich in atmosphere and emotional complexity, it remains a defining achievement in the canon of Australian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956368060635,"sku":"2026200008644-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4b6a1910-bcc7-45e2-a5b2-873f42211ef9.png?v=1783500379","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008644-secondhand-maurice-guest","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}