Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock quire Author: Subjects: British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Wessex (england), fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Teachers, fiction, Musicians, fiction, Choirs (Music), Women teachers, Courtship in fiction, Romance, English literature, Fiction, Church musicians, Women teachers in fiction, Historical Fiction, Sculptors, Mothers and daughters, Courtship, Church musicians in fiction, Sculptors in fiction, Agricultural Bacteriology, Mothers and daughters in fiction, Man-woman relationships, Large type books, Fiction, short stories (single author), Musical fiction, Classic fiction, Classics, Historical - General, Literary, Fiction / Historical, Fiction-Classics, Fiction-Literary, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Translations into Japanese, Japanese literature, Translations from English Characters: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) Places: Wessex (England), Portland (England), England, Wessex Period: 19th century Editions: Rating: 3.3/5Votes: 3Overview: Under the Greenwood Tree is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, Under the Greenwood Tree is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.