{"product_id":"9780062378293","title":"John Halifax, Gentleman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Simon Van Booy, nationally best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eFather’s Day\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Illusion of Separateness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling historical novel of a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth in a small provincial town during the Industrial Revolution, now available in a Legacy Edition from Harper Perennial Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Charles Dickens’s beloved \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/em\u003e, John Halifax is an orphan, determined to make his success through honest hard work. He becomes an apprentice to Abel Flecher, a tanner and a Quaker, and is soon befriended by Abel’s invalid son, Phineas, who chronicles John’s success in business and love, rising from the humblest of origins to the pinnacle of wealth made possible by England’s Industrial Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinah Maria Mulock Craik explores the sweeping transformation wrought by this revolutionary technological age, including the rise of the middle class and its impact on the social, economic, and political makeup of the nation as it moved from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Legacy Edition features a lush design and French flaps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dinah Maria Mulock Craik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46948302979221,"sku":"9780062378293","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062378293.jpg?v=1776889820","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062378293","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}