The Woodlanders (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Rural England
- Principal Characters: George Melbury, Grace Melbury, Giles Winterborne, Felice Charmond, Edgar Fitzpiers
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, Class consciousness, England or English people, Adultery, Merchants
- Locales: Wessex, England
The Story:
The timber merchant George Melbury had spared no expense in educating his only daughter, Grace. She had been away from home for one year, and he was eagerly awaiting her return. Giles Winterborne, an itinerant farmer and apple grower, also looked forward to Grace’s homecoming. Mr. Melbury had wronged Giles’s father many years before; to atone for this, he had half promised Giles that he should have Grace for his wife.
When Grace returned, it was immediately evident that she had become much too cultured and refined for the ways of a simple farmer. Yet Grace...
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