THE WOODLANDERS (PENGUIN CLASSICS)
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and surrounds the efforts of a woodsman, Giles Winterborne, to marry his childhood sweetheart, Grace Melbury. Although they have been informally betrothed for a while, her father has made financial sacrifices to give his much loved only child a good education and no longer considers Giles good enough for her.