Under The Greenwood Tree - Wordsworth Classics
“Half an hour afterwards Dick emerged from the inn, and if Fancy's lips had been real cherries, probably Dick's would have appeared deeply stained.” Under The Greenwood Tree, 1872
A new vicar arrives at the small village of Mellstock with plans to replace the traditional choir with a new mechanical church organ, causing consternation amongst the established village choir. Dick Dewey a member of the choir falls in love with Fancy Day the new school teacher, who is chosen to play the church organ, but he has several rivals for Fancy's love including a rich farmer and the vicar himself. The story of Dick and Fancy’s romance is played out over the course of a year, against a backdrop of the changing seasons and the changing landscape of Mellstock.
The famous novel by Thomas Hardy explores themes of social change and the disappearance of a traditional way of rural life.
Paperback 1994
192 pages
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