Under The Greenwood Tree - 9781984077998

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: Jan 22, 2018

Number of Pages: 182 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1984077996

ISBN-13: 9781984077998