{"product_id":"9780141439785","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Hardy, Thomas \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 March 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 27 | 326g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hardy's is a world that can never disappear' Margaret DrabbleSubtitled 'A  Story of a Man of Character', Hardy's powerful study of the heroic but deeply flawed Michael Henchard is an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of  a close-knit Dorsetshire town. Its events are set in motion when, in a fit of drunken anger, 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 pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success lurks the shameful secret of his past. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491139633538,"sku":"9780141439785","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780141439785.jpg?v=1753740352","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780141439785","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}