Under The Greenwood Tree - 9781974576739

The plot concerns the activities of a group of church musicians, the Mellstock parish choir, one of whom, Dick Dewy, becomes romantically entangled with a comely new school mistress, Fancy Day. The novel opens with the fiddlers and singers of the choir--including Dick, his father Reuben Dewy, and grandfather William Dewy--making the rounds in Mellstock village on Christmas Eve. When little band plays at the schoolhouse, young Dick falls for Fancy at first sight. Dick, smitten, seeks to insinuate himself into her life and affections, but Fancy's beauty has gained her other suitors, including a rich farmer and the new vicar at the parish church

Author: Thomas Hardy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Aug 18, 2017

Number of Pages: 182 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1974576736

ISBN-13: 9781974576739