The Woodlanders
by Thomas Hardy
Love and an unstable heart are at the heart of Hardy's "jungle story." Set in the beautiful Blackmoor Vale, Woodlanders is about the fortune of Giles Winterbourne, whose love for the wealthy Grace Melbury is disputed by the arrival of the flamboyant and depraved doctor Edred Fitzier. When the mysterious Felice Charmond further complicates romantic intertwinings, marriage choice and class mobility are inextricably linked. Hardy's powerful novel depicts people who are content with desire and the natural law that motivates them.
