(275 pp)I like this, though not as much as Hardy novels previously read (this one, and in particular this one).
Entirely set in village/rural/heath-country. A countryside with which I'm not familiar, but I am pretty confident Hardy did an amazing job of describing - that part alone is captivating.
Diggory Venn is a "reddleman"; the book starts out as he assists Thomasin Yeobright (who had rejected his earlier marriage proposal); we meet her brother (Clym - who is the returning native), Damon Wildeve (proprietor of an inn), Eustacia Vye (thought perhaps to be a witch!), and various of their family members and the villagers.
The characters sort out their relationships. I like that Hardy creates complex characters; no really bad ones, though the plot line is a little too tidy as it wraps up.
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