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  • The Woodlanders

  • By: Thomas Hardy
  • Narrated by: Rufus Sewell
  • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)
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By: Thomas Hardy
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Summary

Grace Melbury, the only daughter of a timber merchant, arrives home in Little Hintock after an expensive education, and her father looks to find a husband for her. There are two rivals for her hand: Giles Winterborne, a good-hearted yeoman and her childhood sweetheart; and Edred Fitzpiers, an ambitious young doctor of good family. Fitzpiers wins her, but the mismatch brings unhappiness not just to the young couple but to a wider circle in the woodland community.

The Woodlanders is one of Hardy's most powerful works and the one he liked best. With brooding sexual undertones, it addresses themes about which the author held strong views: the laws of divorce, the inequalities of society, and the uncertainty of land tenure.

Public Domain (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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