Hardy, Thomas
The woodlanders - The New Wessex Ed. - London Macmillan 1993 - 346p.
Introduction by F.B. Pinion
Notes by David Lodge
Set in the secluded forest community of Little Hintock, Thomas Hardy's "The Woodlanders inextricably links the dramatic English landscape with the story of a woman caught between two rivals of radically different social statures. Grace Melbury is promised to her longtime companion, Giles Winterborne, a local woodlander and a gentle, steadfast man. When her socially motivated father pressures her to wed the ambitious doctor Edred Fitzpiers, Grace's loyalties shift--and her decision leads to tumultuous consequences. With its explorations of class and gender, lust and betrayal, "The Woodlanders is one of Hardy's most vivid and powerful works.
0333408187
English literature- Fiction
England--Dorset
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Arranged marriage
Forests and forestry
Social classes
Manners and customs
England--Wessex
823.8 / HAR/W
The woodlanders - The New Wessex Ed. - London Macmillan 1993 - 346p.
Introduction by F.B. Pinion
Notes by David Lodge
Set in the secluded forest community of Little Hintock, Thomas Hardy's "The Woodlanders inextricably links the dramatic English landscape with the story of a woman caught between two rivals of radically different social statures. Grace Melbury is promised to her longtime companion, Giles Winterborne, a local woodlander and a gentle, steadfast man. When her socially motivated father pressures her to wed the ambitious doctor Edred Fitzpiers, Grace's loyalties shift--and her decision leads to tumultuous consequences. With its explorations of class and gender, lust and betrayal, "The Woodlanders is one of Hardy's most vivid and powerful works.
0333408187
English literature- Fiction
England--Dorset
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Arranged marriage
Forests and forestry
Social classes
Manners and customs
England--Wessex
823.8 / HAR/W