The Woodlanders (Illustrated)
Genre: Kindle Edition
Author: Thomas Hardy
Price: £0.00
• The book includes 11 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.
Thomas Hardy’s The Woodlanders, is a nearly perfectly balanced novel. It’s not so melodramatic as The Mayor of Casterbridge, nor is it as tragic as Tess of D’Urbervilles. The plot revolves around a group of woodlanders living in a village called Little Hintock. Grace Melbury is a frontrunner among the protagonists along with her two love interests Giles Winterborne and Edred Fitzpiers. When the novel opens Grace has just returned home after a long absence at school. Though she has been promised to the rustic Giles, her newfound education and eloquence make the match seem less suitable. Her well-intentioned, though often unwise, father eventually sets his sights on the new and more refined village doctor, Fitzpiers, as a better match for Grace.
Thomas Hardy’s The Woodlanders, is a nearly perfectly balanced novel. It’s not so melodramatic as The Mayor of Casterbridge, nor is it as tragic as Tess of D’Urbervilles. The plot revolves around a group of woodlanders living in a village called Little Hintock. Grace Melbury is a frontrunner among the protagonists along with her two love interests Giles Winterborne and Edred Fitzpiers. When the novel opens Grace has just returned home after a long absence at school. Though she has been promised to the rustic Giles, her newfound education and eloquence make the match seem less suitable. Her well-intentioned, though often unwise, father eventually sets his sights on the new and more refined village doctor, Fitzpiers, as a better match for Grace.