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Here you can do just that, by picking up one of these century-old classic books or vintage poem collections by such a renowned author.","products":[{"product_id":"thomas-hardys-jude-the-obscure-1931","title":"Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure 1929","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFAST WORLDWIDE DELIVERY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Jude the Obscure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Thomas Hardy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: MacMillan \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear; a delightful addition to any library\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e among a bounty of stunning classic literature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evintage books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eobscure gems \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2nd hand bookstore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003e\nA beautiful red and gold side-text 1929 copy of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy--the perfect vintage gift!","brand":"Bluebell Abbey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15849379102807,"sku":"3792096","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/products\/orig_211894_jpg.jpg?v=1571609631"},{"product_id":"thomas-hardys-the-mayor-of-casterbridge-1926","title":"Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge 1953-6","description":"\u003cb\u003eFAST WORLDWIDE DELIVERY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTitle: The Mayor of Casterbridge \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1953-6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is in fantastic condition; a delightful addition to any library!\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003e\nA vintage burgundy and gold patterned copy of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy--a gem among a bounty of out of print rare books and stunning vintage books on our 2nd hand bookstore!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'There are men whose hearts insist upon a dogged fidelity to some image or cause thrown by chance into their keeping, long after their judgement has pronounced it no rarity—even the reverse, indeed, and without them the band of the worthy is incomplete'\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Bluebell Abbey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27873518092375,"sku":"4281465","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/products\/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-thomas-hardy_1.jpg?v=1649257014"},{"product_id":"thomas-hardys-the-hand-of-ethelberta-1976","title":"Thomas Hardy’s The Hand of Ethelberta 1975-6","description":"\u003cbr\u003eTitle: The Hand of Ethelberta\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Macmillan\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1975-6\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003eCondition: This book is in a good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear, for example to the corners of the dust jacket. \u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003e\nThis delightful edition of Thomas Hardy’s The Hand of Ethelberta would look great on any bookshelf. 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Thomas Hardy's talking points about marriage were considered radical at the time of it's publication “You see, dear, a noisy bell-ringing marriage at church has this objection in our case: it would be a thing of report a long way round. Now I would gently, as gently as possible, indicate to you how inadvisable such publicity would be if we leave Hintock, and I purchase the practice that I contemplate purchasing at Budmouth—hardly more than twenty miles off. Forgive my saying that it will be far better if nobody there knows where you come from, nor anything about your parents. Your beauty and knowledge and manners will carry you anywhere if you are not hampered by such retrospective criticism.”“But could it not be a quiet ceremony, even at church?” she pleaded. “I don’t see the necessity of going there!” he said, a trifle impatiently. “Marriage is a civil contract, and the shorter and simpler it is made the better. 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The situation of the house, prejudicial to humanity, was a stimulus to vegetation, on which account an endless shearing of the heavy-armed ivy was necessary, and a continual lopping of trees and shrubs. It was an edifice built in times when human constitutions were damp-proof, when shelter from the boisterous was all that men thought of in choosing a dwelling-place, the insidious being beneath their notice; and its hollow site was an ocular reminder, by its unfitness for modern lives, of the fragility to which these have declined. The highest architectural cunning could have done nothing to make Hintock House dry and salubrious; and ruthless ignorance could have done little to make it unpicturesque. 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