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Romance · 1887 · English

The Woodlanders

by Thomas Hardy

About this book

The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy explores psychological fiction, love stories, triangles (interpersonal relations) — fiction.

From the opening pages: “The rambler who, for old association or other reasons, should trace the forsaken coach-road running almost in a meridional line from Bristol to the south shore of England, would find himself during the latter half of his journey in the vicinity of some extensive woodlands, interspersed with apple-orchards. Here the trees, timber or fruit-bearing, as the case may be, make the wayside hedges ragged by their drip and shade, stretching over the road with easeful horizontality, as if they found the unsubstantial air an adequate support for their limbs. At one place, where a hill is crossed, the largest of the woods shows itself bisected by the high-way, as the head of thick hair is bisected by the white line of its parting. The spot is…”

Author
Thomas Hardy
First published
1887
Category
Romance
Language
English

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