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Under the Greenwood Tree

Pages
116
Published
1872
Language
English

Synopsis

Step into the charming village of Mellstock during the Victorian era and meet Fancy Day, the new schoolmistress who captures the attention of the local church musician, Dick Dewey. This novel offers a gentle and pastoral look at rural life and the budding romance between two individuals. It's a sweet story about courtship and finding love in a quiet English setting.

About the author

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. While he regarded himself primarily as a poet who composed novels mainly for financial gain, during his lifetime he was much better known for his novels, such as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, which earned him a reputation as a grea...

Characters

Fancy DayProtagonist
Dick DeweyProtagonist
All characters in Under the Greenwood Tree