{"product_id":"9780241347775","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge","description":"Author: Hardy, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241347775\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Dec 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 448 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunning clothbound edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/i\u003e, a haunting study of guilt and lost love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Subtitled 'A Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48178295996574,"sku":"UBD-9780241347775","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780241347775.jpg?v=1787311813","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780241347775","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}