The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy Hardcover Book

Title: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy Hardcover Book.
Author: Thomas Hardy.
Edited By: Cyril Aldred.
Type: Fiction.
Edition: The Scholars Library, Reprint 1935.
Publisher: MacMillan and Co, Limited, St. Martins Street, London.
Year First Published: 1934.
Format: Hardcover Book.
Printed By: R & R Clark Limited, Edinburgh.
Page Count: 474 pages.
Width: 11.3cm
Height: 17.7cm
Thickness: 1.5cm
Info: Hardy described the theme of THE WOODLANDERS as 'the immortal puzzle -given the man and woman, how to find a basis for their sexual relation'. Set in the familiar Dorset landscape, this time on the wooded outskirts of Blackmoor Vale, it tells the story of two women who love the same man. 
The elegant Grace Melbury and homelier Marty South compete for the attention of Giles Winterbourne, but both are doomed to disappointment. 
Written in 1887, shortly before TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, THE WOODLANDERS has none of that novel's fierce cruelty. 
Though often sad, it is also lyrical and gentle, drawing the complexities of female desires with a notably subtle hand. T
his is one of Hardy's most accomplished mature novels, with a fine finish he did not always achieve, and it was among his own favourites. 
Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages.
Scholars notation from 1941 on the front papers, Ex Libris Stellenbosch.
No inscriptions or notations, thin film paper. No foxing or browning, a good copy.
Price: R 175.00 Inc Vat.