A gentle pastoral romance in rural Wessex, following a village choir and Dick Dewy’s courtship of schoolmistress Fancy Day.
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A gentle pastoral romance in rural Wessex, following a village choir and Dick Dewy’s courtship of schoolmistress Fancy Day.
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The plot concerns the activities of a group of church musicians, the Mellstock parish choir, one of whom, Dick Dewy, becomes romantically entangled with a comely new school mistress, Fancy Day. The novel opens with the fiddlers and singers of the choir--including Dick, his father Reuben Dewy, and grandfather William Dewy--making the rounds in Mellstock village on Christmas Eve. When little band plays at the schoolhouse, young Dick falls for Fancy at first sight. Dick, smitten, seeks to insinuate...
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Courtship, attraction, and mild romance; no explicit content
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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Occasional social drinking at village gatherings
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Parish choir, church services, and clergy central to the story
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Themes of social change and fading rural traditions
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content
Abuse & suffering
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No abuse or suffering depicted
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