Under the Greenwood Tree
by Hardy, Thomas (Author); Dolin, Tim (Editor)Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
"Under the Greenwood Tree" (1872) preceded "The Return of the Native" and "Far from the Madding Crowd," as the first of Thomas Hardy's novels set in Wessex. A holiday tale of charm and appeal, "Under the Greenwood Tree" was Hardy's second novel. The book brought him his first taste of literary and public success. The warmly-remembered holiday and love story told in "Under the Greenwood Tree" is sure to please readers today. Full of nostalgia and evocative scenes, "Under the Greenwood Tree" evokes Hardy's sense of place, time, and human relationships, with little of the darkness found in Hardy's later, great works such as "Jude the Obscure" and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles."
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | |
| General Editor's Preface | |
| Chronology: Hardy's Life and Works | |
| Map: The Wessex of the Novels | |
| Bibliographical Note | |
| Introduction | |
| Further Reading | |
| A Note on the History of the Text | |
| Under the Greenwood Tree | p. 1 |
| Hardy's Prefaces to Later Editions | p. 161 |
| An Overview of Topographical Changes in Under the Greenwood Tree | p. 165 |
| The Mellstock Choir in Hardy's Later Writing | p. 169 |
| The Stinsford Choir | p. 187 |
| Notes | p. 191 |
| Glossary | p. 221 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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