| Titre : |
under the green wood tree |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), Auteur |
| Editeur : |
beirut:york press |
| Année de publication : |
1989 |
| Collection : |
york classics |
| Importance : |
252p |
| Format : |
20cm |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
the pilot of under the greenwood tree hardy's background the characters |
| Résumé : |
An another remarkable work by Thomas Hardy. A love story played out in a rural community whose church choir is under threat. The plot concerns the activities of a group of church musicians, the Mellstock parish choir, one of whom, Dick Dewy, becomes romantically entangled with a comely new school mistress, Fancy Day. The novel opens with the fiddlers and singers of the choir--including Dick, his father Reuben Dewy, and grandfather William Dewy--making the rounds in Mellstock village on Christmas Eve. When little band plays at the schoolhouse, young Dick falls for Fancy at first sight. Dick, smitten, seeks to insinuate himself into her life and affections, but Fancy's beauty has gained her other suitors, including a rich farmer and the new vicar at the parish church. |
under the green wood tree [texte imprimé] / Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), Auteur . - [S.l.] : beirut:york press, 1989 . - 252p ; 20cm. - ( york classics) . Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
the pilot of under the greenwood tree hardy's background the characters |
| Résumé : |
An another remarkable work by Thomas Hardy. A love story played out in a rural community whose church choir is under threat. The plot concerns the activities of a group of church musicians, the Mellstock parish choir, one of whom, Dick Dewy, becomes romantically entangled with a comely new school mistress, Fancy Day. The novel opens with the fiddlers and singers of the choir--including Dick, his father Reuben Dewy, and grandfather William Dewy--making the rounds in Mellstock village on Christmas Eve. When little band plays at the schoolhouse, young Dick falls for Fancy at first sight. Dick, smitten, seeks to insinuate himself into her life and affections, but Fancy's beauty has gained her other suitors, including a rich farmer and the new vicar at the parish church. |
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under the green wood tree