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Book Jacket Status Not Jacketed Set in the secluded forest community ofLittle Hintock Thomas Hardys The Woodlanders inextricably links thedramatic English landscape with the story of a woman caught between two rivalsof radically different social statures. Grace Melbury is promised to herlongtime companion Giles Winterborne a local woodlander and a gentlesteadfast man. When her socially motivated father pressures her to wed theambitious doctor Edred Fitzpiers Graces loyalties shiftand her decisionleads to tumultuous consequences. With its explorations of class and genderlust and betrayal The Woodlanders is one of Hardys most vivid and powerfulworks. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the1912 Wessex edition and includes Hardys map of fictional Wessex. The finestEnglish novel.Arnold Bennett «
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