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
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Book Overview

The classic novel that illustrates the tragic potential of romantic illusion and how its protagonists fail to recognize their opportunities to control their own destinies.

Tempestuous Eustacia Vye passes her days dreaming of passionate love and the escape it may bring from the small community of Egdon Heath. Hearing that Clym Yeobright is to return from Paris, she sets her heart on marrying him, believing that through him she can leave rural life and find fulfilment elsewhere. But she is to be disappointed, for Clym has dreams of his own, and they have little in common with Eustacia's. Their unhappy marriage causes havoc in the lives of those close to them, in particular Damon Wildeve, Eustacia's former lover, Clym's mother and his cousin Thomasin.

Penny Boumelha's introduction examines the classical and mythological references and the interplay of class and sexuality. This edition, essentially Thomas Hardy's original version of the novel, also includes notes, a glossary, chronology and bibliography.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN9780140435184
Author Thomas Hardy
PublisherPenguin Classics
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 1999
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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