Description
The love story of Dick Dewy and Fancy Day traced through the course of the four seasons of one Wessex year is the central theme of this, the most gentle and picturesque of all the Hardy novels. The counterpoint comes from the country characters of the Mellstock church choir, splendidly portrayed on carol singing expedition and in mortal combat against the introduction of the new-fangled church organ. Under the Greenwood Tree remains the finest expression of Hardy’s love and understanding of the English country scene.
The love story of Dick Dewy and Fancy Day traced through the course of the four seasons of one Wessex year is the central theme of this, the most gentle and picturesque of all the Hardy novels. The counterpoint comes from the country characters of the Mellstock church choir, splendidly portrayed on carol singing expedition and in mortal combat against the introduction of the new-fangled church organ. Under the Greenwood Tree remains the finest expression of Hardy’s love and understanding of the English country scene.