The Return of the Native
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- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2003
Summary
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written towards the beginning of Hardy’s career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In this novel, Hardy’s tragic vision is powerfully and narrowly focussed on Egdon Heath and the men and women who live on it. Set against the backdrop of the Heath and the impersonal and eternal forces it represents, the fates of Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Clym Yeobright - the returning ‘native’ - and others are inexorably played out.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435184 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140435182 |
| Author: | Thomas Hardy, Tony Slade, Penny Boumelha, Patricia Ingham |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers…this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature.” –D. H. Lawrence
“This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers…this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature.”–D. H. Lawrence
About The Author
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a prolific novelist and poet whose works include ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ and ‘Jude the Obscure’.
Penny Bouhmelha is Professor of English at the University of Adelaide and has published work on Hardy and women.
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