The Return Of The Native: An Authoritative Text, Background, Criticism

Thomas Hardy; edited by James Gindin

ISBN 10: 0393097919 / ISBN 13: 9780393097917

Published by New York ; Norton, c1969., 1969

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ISBN 0393097919. Trade Paperback. Later Printing. Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and creases to edges and corners of covers, some creasing along cover spine, some browning to edges of interior pages, a few page corners slightly dogeared.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return Of The Native: An Authoritative Text, Background, Criticism
• Publisher: New York ; Norton, c1969.
• Publication Date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0393097919
• ISBN 13: 9780393097917
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics

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Synopsis

This fine novel sets in opposition two of Thomas Hardy's most unforgettable creations: his heroine, the sensuous, free-spirited Eustacia Vye, and the solemn, majestic stretch of upland in Dorsetshire he called Egdon Heath. The famous opening reveals the haunting power of that dark, forbidding moon where proud Eustacia fervently awaits a clandestine meeting with her lover, Damon Wildeve. But Eustacia's dreams of escape are not to be realized--neither Wildeve nor the retuming native Clym Yeobright can bring her salvation. Injured by forces beyond their control, Hardy's characters struggle vainly in the net of destiny. In the end, only the face of the lonely heath remains untouched by fate in this masterpiece of tragic passion, a tale that perfectly epitomizes the author's own unique and melancholy genius.

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