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1、UndertheGreenwoodTreeHardy,ThomasPublished:1872Type(s):NovelsSource:Gutenberg.org1AboutHardy:ThomasHardy,OM(2June1840–11January1928)wasanEnglishnovelist,shortstorywriter,andpoetofthenaturalistmovement.Thebulkofhiswork,setmainlyinthesemi-imaginarycountyofWessex,de-lineateschara
2、ctersstrugglingagainsttheirpassionsandcircumstances.Hardy'spoetry,firstpublishedinhisfifties,hascometobeaswellre-gardedashisnovels,especiallyafterthe1960sMovement.Source:Wikipedia2PrefaceThisstoryoftheMellstockQuireanditsoldestablishedwest-gallerymusicians,withsomesupplementar
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