The Return of the Native: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Return of the Native is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1878. Set entirely on the wild Egdon Heath over the span of a year, it follows the intertwined fates of several characters trapped by passion and circumstance. When Clym Yeobright returns from Paris, the beautiful but restless Eustacia Vye sees him as her escape from the desolate heath. Their marriage sets off a chain of events involving thwarted desires, family estrangement, and fateful misunderstandings that will test everyone's loyalties and dreams.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Return of the Native
- Author credits: Hardy, Thomas (1840–1928)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Didactic fiction
- Heathlands -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Mate selection -- Fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- People with visual disabilities -- Fiction
- Wessex (England) -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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