{"product_id":"2026200008826-secondhand-the-mayor-of-casterbridge","title":"The Mayor Of Casterbridge","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 towering work of Victorian tragedy, The Mayor of Casterbridge chronicles the dramatic rise and catastrophic fall of Michael Henchard, a proud and impulsive hay-trusser who, in a drunken act of folly, sells his wife and daughter at a country fair. Years later, having rebuilt himself into a wealthy grain merchant and respected mayor of the fictional Wessex town of Casterbridge, Henchard finds his carefully constructed world unravelling when figures from his shameful past return to confront him. Hardy presents a masterful portrait of a deeply flawed man undone by pride, jealousy, and fate, set against the rhythms of rural English life on the cusp of modernisation. The novel argues compellingly that character is destiny, delivering a sweeping, morally complex narrative that ranks among the greatest achievements of nineteenth-century English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956418195675,"sku":"2026200008826-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6f259b8f-d4b2-45c3-92c1-8f9a0d683959.png?v=1783500794","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008826-secondhand-the-mayor-of-casterbridge","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}