Title The woodlanders / Thomas Hardy

Edition New Wessex edition / introduction by David Lodge Published London : Macmillan, 1974

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	820.8 H2723 A6/W/1974		AVAILABLE

Description 416 pages : map ; 18 cm Summary The story of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in Dorset, as two rivals, Giles Winterbourne and Dr Edred Fitzpiers, compete for the hand of Grace Melbury Analysis Arranged marriage Fiction Dorset (England) Fiction Forests and forestry Fiction Love stories Pastoral fiction Psychological fiction Social classes Fiction Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction Notes Originally published in 1887 Bibliography Bibliography: page 8 Subject Arranged marriage -- Fiction. Country life -- England -- Wessex -- Fiction. Forests and forestry -- Fiction. Fur trade -- Northwest, Canadian. Indians of North America -- Northwest, Canadian -- Economic conditions. Social classes -- Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. SUBJECT Dorset (England) -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102342 England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114941 Wessex (England) -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113649 Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. 75301103 ISBN 0333168836 0333334981 (paperback)

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