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Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy

Start date: September 1, 2020

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Oct 06, 2025 Sara rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, victorian, kindle-purchase, 19th-century-literature, english-fiction, romance

Thomas Hardy’s second published novel is very much on par with his first one. If he had written no others, he would be an adequate and enjoyable author, but not a great one. As it is, it is necessary for most writers to get their footing, and I think that is what these early works represent.

Under the Greenwood Tree is a sweet and interesting read. Many of the hallmarks that make Hardy great are already there, descriptive passages that take your breath, tense moments in human relationships, and ...more

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