{"product_id":"9781961884953","title":"Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy","description":"Mellstock is a small Dorset village with strong opinions about church music.�When the new schoolmistress, Fancy Day, arrives and promptly captivates every man in the parish, the village's band of folk musicians finds itself contending with two threats at once: the vicar's plan to replace them with a modern organ, and the distraction of watching Dick Dewy fall helplessly in love.�Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) is Hardy's first major novel and his most quietly contented one. Organised by the seasons, rooted in rural English life, and genuinely funny, it's a portrait of a tight-knit community on the cusp of change. A new world is encroaching, but slowly. For now, there is courtship, there is snow on a clear Christmas Eve night and wind in the trees, and there is music.","brand":"Thomas Hardy","offers":[{"title":"300 pages, Not illustrated \/ 03\/11\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57557026144631,"sku":"9781961884953","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781961884953.jpg?v=1791969591","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781961884953","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}