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Under the Greenwood Tree 金牛
Under the Greenwood Tree 綠蔭下
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 the little band plays at the schoolhouse, young Dick falls for Fancy at first sight. Dick, smitten, seeks to insinuate himself into her life and affections, but Fancy's beauty has gained her other suitors, including a rich farmer and the new vicar at the parish church...
圣誕前夕，唱詩班英俊小生迪克•杜威對小鎮新來的女孩芬西一見鐘情。而同時，這位相貌甜美的年輕女教師也吸引了其他眾多追求者。包括富有且體貼的大地主夏納及自負傲慢的牧師梅柏。三人的示愛令芬西心亂如麻，她必須在感情和理智間作出選擇。芬西是當時少數受過教育的女人，有思想，有抱負，同樣有點小虛榮。而她的父親也同樣希望女兒能夠通過婚姻提升自己的社會地位，過上更為安穩的生活。
面對強大的競爭對手，出身貧窮的迪克仍然對芬西展開了熱烈的追求。而芬西也被迪克身上的那種狂熱所吸引，可是父親及禮教的束縛又讓她對真愛望而卻步。面對大地主夏納的真誠求婚，芬西十分猶豫，尤其是聽說夏納勇敢地救了父親后，更是不忍心拒絕他。并在父親的催促 下，準備與夏納完婚。迪克聽說芬西的決定后十分傷心，決定外出去開創一番事業……
推薦理由：金牛座的擇偶觀，12個字便可以概括：寧缺毋濫，寧為玉碎，不為瓦全。電影的女主角是一位典型的金牛座女性，在父親的壓力和追求者們強大的追求攻勢下毅然拒絕了條件卓越的求婚者們，堅守著自己的真愛。
