The Return of the Native (The Companion Volume to the Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation) (The Modern Library)

Hardy, Thomas; Theroux, Alexander

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Language: English

Published by The Modern Library, 1994

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1994 first thus, no Toledano number (formerly released as 121.1), $13.00 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges a bit faded. xix, 418 pp. The Companion Volume to the Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation. Introduction by Alexander Theroux. The native of Thomas Hardy's 1878 novel "The Return of the Native" is Clym (Clement) Yeobright, a young man who gives a successful career as a diamond merchant in Paris to return to his native Egdon Heath to become a Schoolmaster and to help educate poor and ignorant children. Clym's character is contrasted by Eustacia Vye, a beautiful young woman who longs to escape Egdon Heath for a more glamorous life elsewhere. Hearing of Clym's return she pursues him with hopes of him taking her away to that more glamorous life which she seeks. A captivating novel of the Victorian era, Hardy's "The Return of the Native" dramatically underscores the idea that regardless of our desires, in the end we are truly helpless to escape our destiny. …

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Title
The Return of the Native (The Companion Volume to the Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation) (The Modern Library)
Author
Hardy, Thomas; Theroux, Alexander
Publisher
The Modern Library
Publication year
1994
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Binding
Hard Cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0679441085
ISBN 13
9780679441083
Edition
First Thus.
Item weight
18 ounces
Dimensions
5x0x8

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