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Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree

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Number of Chapters: 30

Length: 6 hours and 44 minutes

Language: English

This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hymns at the local church and we follow the fortunes of one member, Dick Dewy, who falls in love with the new school mistress, Fancy Day.

Another element of the book is the battle between the traditional musicians of the Quire and the local vicar, Parson Maybold, who installs a church organ. This battle illustrates the developing technology being introduced in the Victorian era and its threat to traditional country ways.

The novel was published anonymously in 1872 and is often seen as Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novel. In 2005 Under the Greenwood Tree was adapted for a television version by Ashley Pharoah. (Summary by Rachel Lintern)

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Preface (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 1: Mellstock-Lane (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 2: The Tranter's (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 3: The Assembled Quire (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 4: Going the Rounds (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 5: The Listeners (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 6: Christmas Morning (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 7: The Tranter's Party (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 8: They Dance More Wildly (Rachel Lintern)
Part the First - Winter - Chapter 9: Dick Calls at the School (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 1: Passing by the School + Chapter 2: A Meeting of the Quire (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 3: A Turn in the Discussion (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 4: The Interview with the Vicar (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 5: Returning Home Ward (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 6: Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 7: Dick Makes Himself Useful (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Second - Spring - Chapter 8: Dick Meets His Father (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 1: Driving out of Budmouth (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 2: Further along the Road (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 3: A Confession (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Third - Summer - Chapter 4: An Arrangement (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 1: Going Nutting (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 2: Honey-taking, And Afterwards (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 3: Fancy In The Rain (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 4: The Spell (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 5: After Gaining Her Point (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 6: Into Temptation (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fourth - Autumn - Chapter 7: Second Thoughts (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fifth - Conclusion - Chapter 1: 'The Knot There's No Untying' (Rachel Lintern)
Part the Fifth - Conclusion - Chapter 2: Under the Greenwood Tree (Rachel Lintern)
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