The Woodlanders - Wordsworth Classics

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The Woodlanders

The Woodlanders - Wordsworth Classics

3.89 (16,731 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 5 April, 1996
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With an Introduction and Notes by Phillip Mallett, Senior Lecturer in English, University of St Andrews.

Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving tale that has vibrant characters, many humorous moments and genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony, Hardy eschews a happy ending.

With characteristic derision, he exposes the cruel indifference of the archaic legal system off his day, and shows the tragic consequences of untimely adherence to futile social and religious proprieties

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Type Book
ISBN13 9781853262937
ISBN10 1853262935
Number Of Pages 336
Item Weight 211 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Publisher / Reseller Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format paperback
Edition New edition
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