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The woodlanders / Thomas Hardy ; edited by Dale Kramer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction.
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations).
- Forests and forestry--Fiction.
- Forests and forestry.
- Arranged marriage--Fiction.
- Arranged marriage.
- Social classes--Fiction.
- Social classes.
- Dorset (England)--Fiction.
- Dorset (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 430 pages)
- Other Title:
- Thomas Hardy
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1981.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-187010-2
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