About “The Woodlanders”

Country-girl Grace Melbury returns home from her middle-class school feeling she has risen above her suitor, the simple woodsman Giles Winterborne. Though marriage had been discussed, Grace becomes captivated by Dr Edred Fitzpiers, a sophisticated newcomer encouraged by her socially ambitious father, in a story of betrayal, disillusionment, and moral compromise in a secluded community.

Book details

Published
1887
Latest edition
1887 · ISBN 9781107046504
ISBN
9781107046504

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How many pages is The Woodlanders?

The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy has 443 pages.

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