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The Return of the Native

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First published: 1878
Pages: 374

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Preface
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Book 1 – 03
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Book 2 – 01
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Book 2 – 06
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Book 3 – 01
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Book 4 – 01
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Book 5 – 01
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Book 5 – 04
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Book 6 – 01
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Book 6 – 02
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Book 6 – 03
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Book 6 – 04
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About this book

Egdon Heath, the brooding stretch of open country at the center of this 1878 novel, is almost a character in its own right, shaping every life that touches it. When Clym Yeobright gives up a comfortable career in Paris and comes home to the heath, the restless and beautiful Eustacia Vye sees in him a chance to escape the emptiness she despises. Their marriage, built on mismatched dreams, sets off a slow tragedy of misunderstanding, wounded pride, and thwarted longing. Hardy surrounds them with rustic neighbors, a returning rival, and the strange reddleman Diggory Venn, weaving folklore and fate into the plot. The result is one of his darkest and most atmospheric books.

About the author

Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet whose fiction, set in a half-imagined Wessex, probed fate, class, and the constraints of Victorian society. His major novels are cornerstones of English literature.