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Under the Greenwood Tree
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Robert Hardy
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 6 February 2018
- Run Time
- 5 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy’s most charming novel using, as it does, the four seasons of the Wessex year as a backdrop for the delightful romance of the young Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, the local school mistress. The story of the ups and downs of their courtship is set alongside the story of the rustics who form the Mellstock church choir and their struggle against the introduction of a church organ which threatens their very existence.
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Details
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
- Narrator
- Robert Hardy
- Duration
- 5 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 February 2018
- ISBN
- 9781538483770
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Short stories
Synopsis
Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy’s most charming novel using, as it does, the four seasons of the Wessex year as a backdrop for the delightful romance of the young Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, the local school mistress. The story of the ups and downs of their courtship is set alongside the story of the rustics who form the Mellstock church choir and their struggle against the introduction of a church organ which threatens their very existence.
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