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The Woodlanders

Name: The Woodlanders
Author: Thomas Hardy
ISBN: 9781411435469

by Thomas Hardy

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Overview

This 1887 Wessex novel is set in the small woodland village of Little Hintock, where the woodsman Giles Winterborne has long been unofficially engaged to Grace Melbury. But when Grace's father succeeds in gaining her entry to higher society, he steers her toward a wealthier man . . . with tragic results.

About the Author, Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was among the greatest English novelists of his time. A naturalist infused with romanticism and enlightenment thinking, along with a flair for the supernatural, Hardy focused on class divisions and social norms. While his poetry is greatly admired, he is famed for novels like Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure.