{"product_id":"2026200010577-secondhand-the-thomas-hardy-omnibus","title":"The Thomas Hardy Omnibus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears.  Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — pages intact, binding firm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers have rendered the English countryside and the souls who inhabit it with such unsparing honesty as Thomas Hardy, and this omnibus edition gathers five of his most celebrated works into a single, essential volume. Spanning the rolling heathlands and market towns of his imagined Wessex, the collection chronicles the fortunes of Hardy's unforgettable characters — from the proud and independent Bathsheba Everdene in Far from the Madding Crowd to the doomed Tess Durbeyfield in Tess of the D'Urbervilles — tracing lives caught between ambition, desire, and the indifferent forces of fate. Alongside these landmarks sit The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Woodlanders, and the short story collection Wessex Tales, each presenting a Wessex world where social convention collides with raw human passion.\n\nHardy's prose carries the weight of Greek tragedy dressed in Victorian realism, and his unflinching examination of class, gender, and moral hypocrisy remains as arresting today as when first published. With an introduction by Edward Larsen guiding the reader into Hardy's literary universe, this omnibus is an authoritative entry point into one of the nineteenth century's most powerful literary imaginations — one that will leave the reader questioning whether fate or society is the crueller master.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130716430555,"sku":"2026200010577-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0da6d7e7-5cc1-423c-9c28-70a1c2c85bb4.png?v=1786589097","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010577-secondhand-the-thomas-hardy-omnibus","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}