{"product_id":"desperate-remedies-9781107036925","title":"Desperate Remedies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Hardy | Richard Nemesvari\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy's first published novel, Desperate Remedies (1871), a piece of sensation fiction that encompasses illegitimacy, murder, blackmail, impersonation, and bigamy, was originally published anonymously. Written while, in Hardy's own words, he was 'feeling his way to a method', it nonetheless contains early examples of the kinds of extreme situations and emotions that continued to play a significant role in his later plots. As part of The Cambridge Edition of the Novels and Stories of Thomas Hardy, this edition of the novel provides an authoritative text; full scholarly apparatus that allows the reader to trace Hardy's creative process; an introductory essay discussing the work's composition, publication, and critical reception; and comprehensive explanatory notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46457250447511,"sku":"9781107036925","price":14038.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781107036925.webp?v=1769180997","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/desperate-remedies-9781107036925","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}