内容简介
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer. However, the novel is not merely a charming rural idyll. The double-plot, in which the love story of Dick Dewey and Fancy Day is inter-related with a tragic chapter in the history of Mellstock Choir, hints at the poignant disappearance of a long-lived and highly-valued traditional way of life.
目录
PART THE FIRST: WINTER
Mellstock-Lane
The Tranters
The Assembled Quire
Going the Rounds
The Listeners
Christmas Morning
The Tranters Party
They Dance more Wildly
Dick Calls at the School
PART THE SECOND:SPRING
Passing by the School
A Meeting of the Quire
A Turn in the Discussion
The Interview with the Vicar
Returning Homeward
Yalbury Wood and the Keepers House
Dick Makes himself Useful
Dick Meets his Father
PART TIlE THIRD: SUMMER
Driving out of Budmouth
Further along the Road
A Confession
An Arrangement
PART THE FOURTH: AUTUMN
Going Nutting
Honey-taking, and Afterwards
Fancy in the Rain
The Spell
After Gaining her Point
Into Temptation
Second Thoughts
PART THE FIFTH:CONCLUSION
The Knot Theres No Untying
Under the Greenwood Tree