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Under the Greenwood Tree
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A tender rural comedy about music, courtship, changing customs, and the fragile pleasures of a Dorset village community.
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Under the Greenwood Tree
The Mellstock village musicians face a new order when church reforms threaten their traditional performances, while Dick Dewy and Fancy Day navigate affection, uncertainty, and competing expectations.
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The original English work was published in 1872 and the author died in 1928; the source edition must remain the original-language public-domain text without a modern translation.
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- 01Full text
- 02UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
- 03by Thomas Hardy
- 04PART THE FIRST—WINTER CHAPTER I. MELLSTOCK-LANE CHAPTER II. THE TRANTER’S CHAPTER III. THE ASSEMBLED QUIRE CHAPTER IV. GOING THE ROUNDS CHAPTER V. THE LISTENERS CHAPTER VI. CHRISTMAS MORNING CHAPTER VII. THE TRANTER’S PARTY CHAPTER VIII. THEY DANCE MORE WILDLY CHAPTER IX. DICK CALLS AT THE SCHOOL
- 05PART THE SECOND—SPRING CHAPTER I. PASSING BY THE SCHOOL CHAPTER II. A MEETING OF THE QUIRE CHAPTER III. A TURN IN THE DISCUSSION CHAPTER IV. THE INTERVIEW WITH THE VICAR CHAPTER V. RETURNING HOME WARD CHAPTER VI. YALBURY WOOD AND THE KEEPER’S HOUSE CHAPTER VII. DICK MAKES HIMSELF USEFUL CHAPTER VIII. DICK MEETS HIS FATHER
- 06PART THE THIRD—SUMMER CHAPTER I. DRIVING OUT OF BUDMOUTH CHAPTER II. FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD CHAPTER III. A CONFESSION CHAPTER IV. AN ARRANGEMENT
- 07PART THE FOURTH—AUTUMN CHAPTER I. GOING NUTTING CHAPTER II. HONEY-TAKING, AND AFTERWARDS CHAPTER III. FANCY IN THE RAIN CHAPTER IV. THE SPELL CHAPTER V. AFTER GAINING HER POINT CHAPTER VI. INTO TEMPTATION CHAPTER VII. SECOND THOUGHTS
- 08PART THE FIFTH: CONCLUSION CHAPTER I. ‘THE KNOT THERE’S NO UNTYING’ CHAPTER II. UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
- 09PART THE SECOND—SPRING
- 10PREFACE
- 11PART THE THIRD—SUMMER
- 12PART THE FOURTH—AUTUMN
- 13PART THE FIRST—WINTER
- 14PART THE FIFTH: CONCLUSION
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