The Woodlanders
Thomas Hardy
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The story takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and concerns the efforts of an honest woodsman, Giles Winterborne, to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbury. Although they have been informally betrothed for some time, her father has made financial sacrifices to give his adored only child a superior education and no longer considers Giles good enough for her.
The Woodlanders marks the beginnings of controversy for Hardy's novels. At this point in his career he was established enough as a writer to take risks, especially in the areas of sex, sexual attraction, marriage, divorce, marital fidelity, unconventional plots and tones, and seemingly immoral conclusions. (Summary Wikipedia) (14 hr 53 min)
Chapters
| Chapter 01 | 14:28 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 02 | 16:17 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 03 | 23:27 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 04 | 25:35 | Read by LoraHe |
| Chapter 05 | 16:35 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 06 | 20:48 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 07 | 14:42 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 08 | 20:52 | Read by Joseph Couves |
| Chapter 09 | 18:47 | Read by Katie Riley |
| Chapter 10 | 14:17 | Read by Katie Riley |
| Chapter 11 | 11:13 | Read by daisybea12 |
| Chapter 12 | 11:59 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 13 | 19:53 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 14 | 10:53 | Read by Ray Smith |
| Chapter 15 | 16:13 | Read by brrrrrr6 |
| Chapter 16 | 19:23 | Read by Sophia Choi |
| Chapter 17 | 18:16 | Read by Sophia Choi |
| Chapter 18 | 17:22 | Read by Sophia Choi |
| Chapter 19 | 22:17 | Read by brrrrrr6 |
| Chapter 20 | 15:09 | Read by esse Drozdowski |
| Chapter 21 | 6:15 | Read by Tadhg |
| Chapter 22 | 17:28 | Read by Roger Melin |
| Chapter 23 | 13:53 | Read by J. Williams |
| Chapter 24 | 18:35 | Read by P.Hynes |
| Chapter 25 | 28:14 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 26 | 18:43 | Read by Leni |
| Chapter 27 | 19:14 | Read by P.Hynes |
| Chapter 28 | 16:40 | Read by TriciaG |
| Chapter 29 | 19:01 | Read by TriciaG |
| Chapter 30 | 18:39 | Read by TriciaG |
| Chapter 31 | 14:18 | Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet |
| Chapter 32 | 11:50 | Read by Mark Penfold |
| Chapter 33 | 26:41 | Read by Katie Riley |
| Chapter 34 | 20:20 | Read by Katie Riley |
| Chapter 35 | 24:39 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 36 | 14:50 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 37 | 17:45 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 38 | 25:49 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 39 | 22:59 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 40 | 18:33 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 41 | 21:50 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 42 | 23:33 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 43 | 25:41 | Read by JimOCR |
| Chapter 44 | 12:11 | Read by Ray Smith |
| Chapter 45 | 24:12 | Read by A. Knight |
| Chapter 46 | 23:10 | Read by Ted Nugent |
| Chapter 47 | 20:20 | Read by Nicholas Feulner |
| Chapter 48 | 19:45 | Read by JimOCR |