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The Return of the Native — Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 393 pages

The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's novel set on Egdon Heath in Wessex. It follows Clym Yeobright's return from Paris and the lives and longings of those around him, including Eustacia Vye. A study of place, desire, and fate, it is valued for its atmospheric prose and tragic vision.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. The Return of the Native
  2. Contents
  3. PREFACE
  4. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN
  5. I. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
  6. II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
  7. III. The Custom of the Country
  8. IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road
  9. V. Perplexity among Honest People
  10. VI. The Figure against the Sky
  11. VII. Queen of Night
  12. VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
  13. IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
  14. X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
  15. XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
  16. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL
  17. I. Tidings of the Comer
  18. II. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
  19. III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
  20. IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
  21. V. Through the Moonlight
  22. VI. The Two Stand Face to Face
  23. VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
  24. VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
  25. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION
  26. I. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”
  27. II. The New Course Causes Disappointment
  28. III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
  29. IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
  30. V. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues

and 28 more chapters

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