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“Under the Greenwood Tree” — an enchanting, lyrical and bright novel by Thomas Hardy (1840—1928). It is an idealized pastoral written with light humour and sincere love for its heroes. The book may seem an idyll in prose, still, it is only at first sight. Side by side with tender and romantic love of Dick and Fancy there arises dramatic lot of life of the village church choir, which gives up its place to the organ the way old England falls into oblivion in front of the active offensive of modernization. And Thomas Hardy sorrowfully notes that this new world is devoid of that enchantment and romance which blossomed out “under the greenwood…

"Під деревом зеленим" — чарівний, ліричний і життєрадісний роман Томаса Гарді (1840—1928). Це ідеалізована пастораль, написана з легким гумором і щирою любов’ю до своїх персонажів. Книга може видатись ідилією в прозі. Але це лише на перший погляд. Поряд з ніжним і романтичним коханням Діка й Фенсі постає драматична доля життя сільського церковного хору, який поступається місцем органу, так само як і стара Англія відходить у небуття перед активним наступом модернізації. Томас Гарді із сумом зазначає, що цей новий світ уже не має тієї чарівності й романтики, яка розцвітала "під деревом зеленим"”.

One of the most popular of Hardy's novels, Under the Greenwood Tree is a delightful and humorous depiction of life in an early Victorian rural community. The story delicately balances the concerns of the Mellstock parish choir with a romance between the village schoolmistress and a member of the choir. Hardy thought well enough of the tale to place it among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group with includes his most characteristic work. This freshly reset second edition features a new introduction by Phillip Mallett, who explores the tension in the novel between a vanishing rural idyll and the social realities making change…

A story of love and passion tinged with melancholy for a disappearing rural world, Under the Greenwood Tree evokes life in the village of Mellstock. When two newcomers arrive in the village they both create a furore - the Reverend Maybold by bringing modern ways to the church choir, and the schoolteacher Fancy Day by stealing the hearts of three men. Hardy's gentle, pastoral early novel introduced readers to his fictional county of Wessex for the first time.

One of Thomas Hard's most greatly loved and gentlest books, "Under the Greenwood Tree" is an unashamed idyll and picturesque portrait of the long-vanished pastoral society of early Victorian England. It was the book which established Hardy as a writer and is the ideal vehicle for him to express his affection and love for the Wessex countryside, rural life and characters in all seasons and moods. "Under the Greenwood Tree" will strike a chord with the modern day reader.

One of the most popular of Hardy's novels, this charming pastoral idyll is a lightly humorous depiction of life in an early Victorian rural community. Drawn from Hardy's childhood memories, it represents, he said, "a true picture at first hand of the personages, ways, and customs which were common in the villages." The story delicately balances the concerns of the Mellstock parish choir with a romance between Dick Dewy, a member of the choir, and Fancy Day, the village schoolmistress. While the choir battles for its survival against the new vicar's mechanical church organ, personal conflicts arise over the anachronistic customs of…