The Woodlanders
of Thomas Hardy, Patricia Ingham (Introduction and Notes)
Description
In this classically simple tale of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in Dorset, now in a new edition, Hardy narrates the rivalry for the hand of Grace Melbury between a simple and loyal woodlander and an exotic and sophisticated outsider. Betrayal, adultery, disillusion, and moral compromise are all worked out in a setting evoked as both beautiful and treacherous. The Woodlanders, with its thematic portrayal of the role of social class, gender, and evolutionary survival, as well as its insights into the capacities and limitations of language, exhibits Hardy's acute awareness of his era's most troubling dilemmas.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 420 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date February 5th 1998
- First Publication 10/28/87
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140435474
- Edition Penguin Classics
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Little Hintock, Dorset, England', 'Dorset, England']
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