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1800s: Bet Gareth Malone never had such problems with his choir!
Under the Greenwood Tree
What you need to know before your trail
This is the Hardy portrait of a picturesque rural society
Dick Dewey is a member of the Melstock parish choir and he becomes rather fond of a school mistress by the name of Fanny. The choir likes wandering around the village and that’s when they play at the schoolhouse, he and Fanny meet. But many others have noticed Fanny and so Dick has his work cut out.
Dick however perseveres in his pursuit of Fanny but someone is hot on his heals..
Travel Guide
Hardy Country
Hardy described his landscape “Wessex” and in Far from the Madding Crowd describes his country as the “partly real, partly dream-country” that unifies his South West England
The village of Puddletown, near Dorchester, is the inspiration for the novel’s Weatherbury. Dorchester, in turn, is said to have inspired Hardy’s Casterbridge which appears in The Major of Casterbridge
True Hardy Fans should also visit Higher Bockhampton as this is where the literary man was born
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Under the Greenwood Tree
Author/Guide: Thomas Hardy Destination: “Wessex”, Dorset, Higher Bockhampton Departure Time:1800s
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