Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
Thomas Hardy
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Under the Greenwood Tree; Or, The Mellstock Quire A Rural Painting of the Dutch School
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Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name, and the first of his great series of Wessex novels. Whilst Hardy originally thought of simply calling it The Mellstock Quire, he settled on a title taken from a song in Shakespeare's As You Like It (Act II, Scene V).
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Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE or THE MELLSTOCK QUIRE A RURAL PAINTING OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL by Thomas Hardy
PREFACE
PART 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
PART 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
PART THE THIRD—SUMMER
CHAPTER I: DRIVING OUT OF BUDMOUTH
CHAPTER II: FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD
CHAPTER III: A CONFESSION
CHAPTER IV: AN ARRANGEMENT
PART 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
PART THE FIFTH: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I: ‘THE KNOT THERE’S NO UNTYING’
CHAPTER II: UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE
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