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Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire

a rural painting of the dutch school

by Thomas Hardy · 1872

Cover of Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire
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Under the Greenwood Tree is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, Under the Greenwood Tree is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.

British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Wessex (england), fictionMan-woman relationships, fictionTeachers, fictionMusicians, fictionChoirs (Music)Women teachersCourtship in fictionRomanceEnglish literatureFictionChurch musicians