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You may copy it , give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at [www.gutenberg.net](www.gutenberg.net)  \nTitle : The Woodlanders  \nAuthor : Thomas Hardy  \nPosting Date : August 30 , 2008 [EBook \\#482]  \nRelease Date : April , 1996  \nLanguage : English  \nCharacter set encoding : ISO-8859-1  \n*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WOODLANDERS ***  \nTHE WOODLANDERS  \nby  \nThomas Hardy  \nCONTENTS  \nCHAPTER I  CHAPTER II  CHAPTER III  CHAPTER IV  \nCHAPTER V  CHAPTER VI  CHAPTER VII  CHAPTER VIII  \nCHAPTER IX  CHAPTER X  CHAPTER XI  CHAPTER XII  \nCHAPTER XIII  CHAPTER XIV  CHAPTER XV  CHAPTER XVI  \nCHAPTER XVII  CHAPTER XVIII  CHAPTER XIX  CHAPTER XX  \nCHAPTER XXI  CHAPTER XXII  CHAPTER XXIII  CHAPTER XXIV  \nCHAPTER XXV  CHAPTER XXVI  CHAPTER XXVII  CHAPTER XXVIII  \nCHAPTER XXIX  CHAPTER XXX  CHAPTER XXXI  CHAPTER XXXII  \nCHAPTER XXXIII  CHAPTER XXXIV  CHAPTER XXXV  CHAPTER XXXVI  \nCHAPTER XXXVII  CHAPTER XXXVIII  CHAPTER XXXIX  CHAPTER XL  \nCHAPTER XLI  CHAPTER XLII  CHAPTER XLIII  CHAPTER XLIV  \nCHAPTER XLV  CHAPTER XLVI  CHAPTER XLVII  CHAPTER XLVIII  \nCHAPTER I.  \nThe rambler who, for old association or other reasons, should trace the forsaken coach-road running almost in a meridional line from Bristol to the south shore of England, would find himself during the latter half of his journey in the vicinity of some extensive woodlands, interspersed with apple-orchards. Here the trees, timber or fruit-bearing, as the case may be, make the wayside hedges ragged by their drip and shade, stretching over the road with easeful horizontality, as if they found the unsubstantial air an adequate support for their limbs. At one place, where a hill is crossed, the largest of the woods shows itself bisected by the high-way, as the head of thick hair is bisected by the white line of its parting. The spot is lonely.  \nThe physiognomy of a deserted highway expresses solitude to a degree that is not reached by mere dales or downs, and bespeaks a tomb-like stillness more emphatic than that of glades and pools. The contrast of what is with what might be probably accounts for this. To step, for instance, at the place under notice, from the hedge of the plantation into the adjoining pale thoroughfare, and pause amid its emptiness for a moment, was to exchange by the act of a single stride the simple absence of human companionship for an incubus of the forlorn.  \nAt this spot, on the lowering evening of a by-gone winter's day, there stood a man who had entered upon the scene much in the aforesaid manner. Alighting into the road from a stile hard by, he, though by no means a \"chosen vessel\" for impressions, was temporarily influenced by some such feeling of being suddenly more alone than before he had emerged upon the highway.  \nIt could be seen by a glance at his rather finical style of dress that he did not belong to the country proper; and from his air, after a while, that though there might be a sombre beauty in the scenery, music in the breeze, and a wan procession of coaching ghosts in the sentiment of this old turnpike-  \nroad, he was mainly puzzled about the way. The dead men's work that had been expended in climbing that hill, the blistered soles that had trodden it, and the tears that had wetted it, were not his concern; for fate had given him no time for any but practical things.  \nHe looked north and south, and mechanically prodded the ground with his walking-stick. A closer glance at his face corroborated the testimony of his clothes. It was self-complacent, yet there was small apparent ground for such complacence. Nothing irradiated it; to the eye of the magician in character, if not to the ordinary observer, the expression enthroned there was absolute submission to and belief in a little assortment of ","cbCaiqXPsfDnx5qs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqXPsfDnx5qs","pdf",1321309,267,"English","# Contents\n## Chapter I\n## Chapter II\n## Chapter III\n## Chapter IV\n## Chapter V\n## Chapter VI\n## Chapter VII\n## Chapter VIII\n## Chapter IX\n## Chapter X\n## Chapter XI\n## Chapter XII\n## Chapter XIII\n## Chapter XIV\n## Chapter XV\n## Chapter XVI\n## Chapter XVII\n## Chapter XVIII\n## Chapter XIX\n## Chapter XX\n## Chapter XXI\n## Chapter XXII\n## Chapter XXIII\n## Chapter XXIV\n## Chapter XXV\n## Chapter XXVI\n## Chapter XXVII\n## Chapter XXVIII\n## Chapter XXIX\n## Chapter XXX\n## Chapter XXXI\n## Chapter XXXII\n## Chapter XXXIII\n## Chapter XXXIV\n## Chapter XXXV\n## Chapter XXXVI\n## Chapter XXXVII\n## Chapter XXXVIII\n## Chapter XXXIX\n## Chapter XL\n## Chapter XLI\n## Chapter XLII\n## Chapter XLIII\n## Chapter XLIV\n## Chapter XLV\n## Chapter XLVI\n## Chapter XLVII\n## Chapter XLVIII","[{\"question\":\"What mood and setting does the opening establish?\",\"answer\":\"The opening emphasizes solitude and a tomb-like stillness along a deserted highway, surrounded by extensive woodlands and orchards.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the gentleman uncertain after entering the scene?\",\"answer\":\"He seeks a short way to Little Hintock but is mainly puzzled about the route, with the practical realities of the landscape taking precedence over sentiment.\"},{\"question\":\"Who helps him when he finally finds a vehicle?\",\"answer\":\"Mrs. Dollery, driving her carrier’s van, confirms she can help and gives directions based on her route near Great Hintock.\"}]","The Woodlanders | PDF",1789989407,411]