Under the greenwood tree
/ Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by Simon Gatrell
- Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1999, c1985
- 218 p. ; 20 cm
- Oxford World's Classics .
In the people and the towns of Wessex, the soul of England is revealed with a keenness of understanding and a vividness of style that is unequaled in fiction. Hardy said of this charming romance, It is a true picture at first hand of the personages, ways, and customs which were common in the villages of fifty years ago.