The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native - Paperback

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The Return of the Native - Paperback

The Return of the Native - Paperback

by Thomas Hardy , Nancy Barrineau
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Book Overview

by Thomas Hardy (Author), Simon Gatrell (Editor), Nancy Barrineau (Author)

'To be loved to madness - such was her great desire'

Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness.

Early readers responded to Hardy's 'insatiably observant' descriptions of the heath, a setting that for D. H. Lawrence provided the 'real stuff of tragedy'. For modern readers, the tension between the mythic setting of the heath and the modernity of the characters challenges our freedom to shape the world as we wish; like Eustacia, we may not always be able to live our dreams.

This edition has a critically established text based on the manuscript and first edition, and without the later changes that substantially altered Hardy's original intentions.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Number of Pages: 496
Dimensions: 1 x 7.6 x 5 IN
Publication Date: July 26, 2009
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Return of the Native
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 10.2
Point Value: 42
ISBN9780199537044
Author Thomas Hardy , Nancy Barrineau
PublisherOxford University Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages496
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), whose writing immortalized the semi-fictional Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, wrote fifteen novels, including The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). He is also renowned as one of the greatest poets of his era.

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