Under the greenwood tree

Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree: Or, The Mellstock Quire is the story of Dick and Fancy, whose marriage is built upon deception. Culture and Progress wrote that ""The author certainly manages to convey the impression that he is a believer in the natural fickleness of the maiden heart, but his belief does not lead him into denunciation; on the contrary, he makes this fickleness not merely not repulsive, but agreeable."