The Woodlanders

When country girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school, she feels she has surpassed her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Although she and Giles had discussed marriage, Grace finds herself captivated by Dr. Edred Fitzpiers, a sophisticated newcomer to the area, a relationship that is encouraged by her socially ambitious father. Hardy's novel of betrayal, disillusionment, and moral compromise describes an isolated community coming to terms with the disastrous impact of outside influences. And in his portrayal of Giles Winterborne, Hardy shows a man who responds deeply to the forces of the natural world, even as they ultimately betray him.

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Fiction, Forests and Forestry, Arranged Marriage, Triangles (Interpersonal Relationships), Social Classes, Social Life and Customs, Classical Literature, Drama, Historical Fiction, Romance, English Fiction, England, Fiction, British and Irish Fiction (Fictional Works by an Author), Wessex (England), Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Fiction, Romance, General, Manners and Customs, Marriage, Fiction, Children's Fiction, Great Britain, fiction, English literature, Psychological fiction, Love stories, Triangles (Interpersonal relationships) -- Fiction, Pastoral fiction, Social classes -- Fiction, Forests and forestry -- Fiction, Arranged marriage -- Fiction, Dorset (England) -- Fiction, General fiction, Man-woman relationshipsPlaces

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Bibliography: p. 8.

Originally published in 1887.