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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Under the Greenwood Tree Author: Thomas Hardy Narrator: Peter Joyce Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins Language: English Release date: 01-21-11 Publisher: Assembled Stories Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes Genres: Classics, British Literature Publisher's Summary: A wonderfully evocative tale of the courtship of Fancy Day, newly arrived schoolmistress, by Dick Dewy, carrier of goods, during the four seasons of one year in Wessex. Most of Hardys work had tragedy woven into the narrative but Under the Greenwood Tree is full of whimsy and good humour. The story is not without its serious comment, however, as Hardy reflects on class division and the disappearance of heritage in the rural community. Parson Maybold, a rival for Fancys hand, has plans to install a mechanical organ in his church thereby replacing the services of the choir. The village rustics, who resent this intrusion, bring much comedy to the ta