{"product_id":"under-the-greenwood-tree","title":"Under the Greenwood Tree","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore the tragedy, there was this: a love story. A village choir. And the happiest novel Thomas Hardy ever wrote.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Hardy’s second novel is a pastoral comedy, a warm, witty, and utterly charming tale of courtship, community, and the old ways fading into the new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mellstock Quire is a group of local musicians—fiddlers, cellists, and singers—who have provided the music for the village church for generations. But the new vicar, the young and handsome Mr. Maybold, has decided that organs are more respectable than fiddles. The quire is being disbanded. Meanwhile, Dick Dewy, the quire’s young bass singer, has fallen in love with Fancy Day, the new schoolmistress, a beautiful, flirtatious young woman who is also being courted by the vicar and a wealthy farmer. The novel moves from a Christmas party to a May Day dance to a wedding that is both a beginning and an ending.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Hardy at his most light and lyrical: a novel about the loss of tradition, the foolishness of love, and the stubborn happiness that survives even when everything changes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnder the Greenwood Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the perfect introduction to Hardy—or the perfect palate cleanser after reading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy’s second novel, published anonymously in 1872\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubtitled “A Rural Painting of the Dutch School,” emphasizing its gentle, detailed, domestic tone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rare happy ending from the man who would later write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTess of the D’Urbervilles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the old songs are worth remembering, even when the organ plays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1840–1928) was an English novelist and poet, one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. Born in Dorset, the son of a stonemason, he trained as an architect before turning to writing. His novels are set in the semi-fictional region of “Wessex,” based on the rural countryside of southwestern England. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnder the Greenwood Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was his second novel, following the unpublished \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Poor Man and the Lady\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1867) and his first published novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesperate Remedies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1871). Hardy considered the novel a “gentle” work, a contrast to the tragic vision that would dominate his later fiction. The title is taken from a song in Shakespeare’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: “Under the greenwood tree \/ Who loves to lie with me.” Hardy later returned to darker themes in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1878), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTess of the D’Urbervilles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1891), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1895). He died in 1928; his ashes are buried in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey, but his heart is buried separately in Dorset, beside his first wife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54426579698036,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54426579730804,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54426579763572,"sku":"9612921003155","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54426579796340,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-under-the-greenwood-tree-53566706155892.png?v=1779965634","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/under-the-greenwood-tree","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}