Under the Greenwood Tree - Wordsworth Classics Special edition they delude each other

they delude each other

but I don't know if trusting him is a good idea

so that you believe your dearest friends to be your enemies

Leonora--and therefore Pantera--is forced to decide: surrender the mask or fight to the end

Under the Greenwood Tree - Wordsworth Classics Special edition they delude each otherWith an Introduction and Notes by Dr Claire Seymour, University of Kent at Canterbury. Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy's most bright, confident and optimistic novel. This delightful portrayal of a picturesque rural society, tinged with gentle humour and quiet irony, established Hardy as a writer. However, the novel is not merely a charming rural idyll. The double plot, in which the love story of Dick Dewey and Fancy Day is inter related with a