The Return of the Native: (with an Introduction by J. W. Cunliffe)

Hardy, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1420957996 / ISBN 13: 9781420957990

Published by Digireads.com Publishing, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Return of the Native: (with an Introduction by J. W. Cunliffe)
• Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420957996
• ISBN 13: 9781420957990
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First published serially between January and December of 1878 in the sensationalistic monthly London magazine “Belgravia”, Thomas Hardy’s “The Return of the Native” is the author’s sixth published novel. Set in Egdon Heath, an area of Thomas Hardy’s fictionalized Wessex known for the thorny evergreen shrubs, called furze or gorse, which are cut there by its residents for fuel. When the story begins, on Guy Fawkes Night, we find Diggory Venn, a merchant of the red mineral called reddle which farmers use to mark their sheep, giving aid to Thomasin Yeobright, whom he is in love with but has unsuccessfully wooed over the preceding two years. Diggory is helping Thomasin, who is in distress having left town with Damon Wildeve under the false promise of matrimony, return home to her aunt, Mrs. Yeobright. Damon has rebuffed Thomasin in favor of the beautiful young Eustacia Vye. However when Mrs. Yeobright’s son Clym, a successful diamond merchant, returns from Paris, Eustacia loses interest in Damon, seeing a relationship with Clym as an opportunity to escape the Heath in favor of a more glamorous and exciting locale. A classically modern novel, “The Return of the Native” presents a world of people struggling between their unfulfilled desires and the expectations of society. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes an introduction by J. W. Cunliffe.