Thanks, Liz! I have Under the Greenwood Tree, but by the time I found that one I was into other projects and that is the one remaining I need to finish reading. My first Hardy novel was Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It was so unlike anything else I'd read, in its characterizations and the life of Tess that I went looking for more. Had I started with Jude, The Obscure, I might have stopped with that one! ;-)

SRS