{"product_id":"the-mayor-of-casterbridge-2018-folio-society-2459","title":"The Mayor of Casterbridge (2018)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. New edition. 36 integrated black \u0026amp; white woodcut illustrations by Peter Reddick. Preface by the author. Bound in dark red cloth blocked with a black decorative motif. Spine title label. Printed map endpapers. Pattern printed dark red slipcase. 336pp. 9×5¾in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge follows Michael Henchard, a proud and impulsive man whose youthful mistake shapes the rest of his life. In a moment of drunken recklessness, Henchard sells his wife and child to another man, an act he later deeply regrets. Years later, having become a prosperous merchant and mayor, Henchard is forced to confront the consequences of his past. Hardy explores fate, character, guilt, pride and the instability of fortune in a tragic story of a man repeatedly undone by his own temperament.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Folio Vault","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":55216657629523,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":55421249913171,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thefoliovault.com\/products\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-2018-folio-society-2459","provider":"Folio Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}