Under The Greenwood Tree Or The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting Of The Dutch School - Hardy, Thomas
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""Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire"" is a pastoral novel written by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1872. Set in the idyllic English countryside, the story revolves around the rustic lives of the members of the Mellstock parish choir and their interactions with the changing social and cultural landscape of the Victorian era. Hardy's rich and descriptive prose captures the essence of rural life, depicting the customs, traditions, and romantic entanglements of the characters. The novel exudes a sense of nostalgia and simplicity, exploring themes of love, courtship, and the…mehr

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""Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire"" is a pastoral novel written by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1872. Set in the idyllic English countryside, the story revolves around the rustic lives of the members of the Mellstock parish choir and their interactions with the changing social and cultural landscape of the Victorian era. Hardy's rich and descriptive prose captures the essence of rural life, depicting the customs, traditions, and romantic entanglements of the characters. The novel exudes a sense of nostalgia and simplicity, exploring themes of love, courtship, and the impact of modernity on traditional village life. Through its portrayal of the gentle rhythms of rural existence and the emotional complexities of its characters, ""Under the Greenwood Tree"" remains a timeless depiction of pastoral charm and the human experience within a close-knit community.
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Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.