The Woodlanders
- ISBN-10
- 1540890384
- ISBN-13
- 9781540890382
- Series
- The Woodlanders
- Category
- Arranged marriage
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12-13
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Thomas Hardy
Description
The story takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and concerns the efforts of an honest woodsman, Giles Winterborne, to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbury. Although they have been informally betrothed for some time, her father has made financial sacrifices to give his adored only child a superior education and no longer considers Giles good enough for her. When the new doctor - a well-born and handsome young man named Edred Fitzpiers - takes an interest in Grace, her father does all he can to make Grace forget Giles, and to encourage what he sees as a brilliant match.
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- 2016-12-26
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