The Perversity of Human Nature
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ISBN10: 9374123614
ISBN13: 9789374123614
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 14 2026
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789374123614
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 14 2026
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A chilling fog hangs over the cobbled streets of Victorian England, where every polished surface hides a crack and every virtue is shadowed by doubt. In these pages, the genteel facades of nineteenth-century society are peeled back to reveal the labyrinthine depths of human psychology, where moral dilemmas twist and coil, and the boundaries between right and wrong dissolve into grey. This is classic English fiction at its most daring-unafraid to probe the darker corners of the soul, and unflinching in its social critique. With echoes of Thomas Hardy's brooding fatalism and the keen psychological insight of George Eliot, the narrative unspools in a world both familiar and unsettling, where every character's fate feels at once inevitable and entirely their own. Long out of print and unavailable to generations of readers, this remarkable work now returns to the shelves, thanks to Alpha Editions. Painstakingly restored for today's and future generations, it stands as both a collector's item and a cultural treasure-an essential addition for literary scholars and book club readers alike. The story's themes of temptation, consequence, and the complexity of conscience are as urgent now as they were in the drawing rooms and parlours of Victorian literature. Readers are transported from the prim streets of nineteenth-century England to the raw edges of colonial Australia, tracing the far-reaching consequences of choices made in private and public alike. This edition invites a new era of discovery, offering a lens onto the anxieties and aspirations of a bygone age, yet speaking to the perennial struggles of the human condition. For those who cherish the depth and nuance of nineteenth-century novels, or seek the sharp pleasures of social critique, this restored classic promises both intellectual reward and emotional resonance.
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