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Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy

Description: ISBN 0140435530 / Author: Thomas Hardy / Genre: Classic Literature

Newest Review: ... of literature to be studied. I generally just want to be told a good story which I can enjoy. That is not to say I won't ... more

... think about the issues and other concerns the writer had at some point in the future - that is why non-novelists might choose to write history books. Essentially this is a love story, a romance. What it also is, is a wonderful painting of British rural life in the nineteenth century, particularly English rural life and specifically Dorset etc, i.e. the fictional Wessex. The plot revolves around two characters Dick Dewy, a church musician and Fancy Day a new school-mistress in the village. As with any romantic story ther...more

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Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy: Does Dick fancy Fancy and does Fancy fancy Dick (341 words)
by - written on 11/07/09 (Very useful, 10 readings)
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It was once my intention to get through everything that Thomas Hardy had written, and as part of this quest I figured it would be a good idea to start somewhere near the beginning. The Poor Man and the Lady was really out of the question, so I plumped for this, Under the Greenwood Tree. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it is here I must stress something: I rarely approach a book as a piece of literature to be studied. I generally just want to be told a good story which I can enjoy. That is not to say I won't think about the issues and other concerns the writer had at some point in the future - that is why non-novelists might choose to write history ... Read the complete review