{"product_id":"the-woodlanders-9791043139352","title":"The Woodlanders","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Hardy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woodlanders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrace Melbury\u003c\/strong\u003e, daughter of a rich local wood-trader, has been raised beyond her family through years of expensive education. Coming home, she finds herself pulled between her love for her childhood friend \u003cstrong\u003eGiles Winterborne\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the allure of the enigmatic Doctor Fitzpiers. \u003cstrong\u003eGiles\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEdgar\u003c\/strong\u003e have their own admirers too, and the backdrop of the bucolic pastures and woodlands of an impressionistic take on south-west England provides the perfect setting for their story.\u003cstrong\u003eThe Woodlanders\u003c\/strong\u003e was commissioned by Macmillan's Magazine in \u003cstrong\u003e1884\u003c\/strong\u003e, and was serialized and later published as a novel in \u003cstrong\u003e1887\u003c\/strong\u003e. The story's themes of infidelity and less-than-blissful marriage were unusual for the time and drew ire from campaigners, but on its publication it garnered immediate critical acclaim. \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/strong\u003e later regarded it as the favorite of his stories, and it's remained perennially popular as a novel and as a series of adaptations to theatre, opera and film.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47812998693015,"sku":"9791043139352","price":2642.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043139352.webp?v=1778332785","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-woodlanders-9791043139352","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}