The Woodlanders


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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