{"product_id":"2026200015241-secondhand-treasury-of-world-masterpieces-tess-of-the-durbervilles-the-mayor-of-casterbridge-far-from-the-madding-crowd","title":"Treasury Of World Masterpieces: Tess Of The D'Urbervilles; The Mayor Of Casterbridge; Far From The Madding Crowd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers have captured the rugged beauty and quiet tragedy of rural England with as much power and precision as Thomas Hardy, and this magnificent omnibus — part of the Treasury of World Masterpieces series — brings together three of his most celebrated novels in a single, essential volume. Tess of the D'Urbervilles chronicles the heartbreaking fate of a young woman destroyed by the hypocrisies of Victorian society; The Mayor of Casterbridge presents the gripping rise and catastrophic fall of Michael Henchard, a man undone by pride and the sins of his past; while Far From the Madding Crowd introduces the spirited Bathsheba Everdene, whose independence and beauty set three very different men on a collision course in the Wessex countryside.\n\nHardy's prose is distinguished by its rich pastoral atmosphere, its unflinching moral intelligence, and a deep sympathy for characters ground down by fate, class, and social expectation. Across all three novels, he illustrates the irreconcilable tension between human desire and the indifferent forces — natural, social, and historical — that conspire against it. Considered cornerstones of Victorian literature, these works remain as urgent and emotionally resonant today as when they were first published, and the reader who opens this volume will find it impossible to put down before the final, devastating page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203206095067,"sku":"2026200015241-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ee182b64-9419-4602-919c-7ed1a8b2c492.png?v=1788145686","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015241-secondhand-treasury-of-world-masterpieces-tess-of-the-durbervilles-the-mayor-of-casterbridge-far-from-the-madding-crowd","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}