{"product_id":"the-mayor-of-casterbridge-by-thomas-hardy","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardy'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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"The Week Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54038136848660,"sku":"yyp1789771176528","price":7.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/7627\/9316\/files\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-by-thomas-hardy_1.jpg?v=1789771180","url":"https:\/\/straphemfit.shop\/products\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-by-thomas-hardy","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}