Booknotes 5.19

Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School , by Thomas Hardy, published 1872, fiction, 220 pages. Delightful and occasionally funny. (From what I’ve heard of later Hardy, that may not last?) Enjoyed the carolers, and the core story of Dick Dewy and Fanny Day, and the prose throughout. Still very much looking forward to reading the rest of Hardy’s works. Classics: A Very Short…