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The Return of the Native
By Thomas Hardy
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Description
Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for 'music, poetry, passion, war'. She marries Clym Yeobright, native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions and her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit and unhappiness.
Early readers responded to Hardy's 'insatiably observant' descriptions of the heath, a setting that for D. H. Lawrence provided the 'real stuff of tragedy'. For modern readers, the tension between the mythic setting of the heath and the modernity of the characters challenges our freedom to shape the world as we wish; like Eustacia, we may not always be able to live our dreams.
This edition has a critically established text based on the manuscript and first edition, and without the later changes that substantially altered Hardy's original intentions.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
496
Release Date:
2009-07-26
Publication Date:
2009-07-26
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199537046
ISBN13:
9780199537044
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
352 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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The items bear minimal signs of past use, such as light scratches or memories in the form of markings. These signs of wear give the items a charming character and tell stories of their previous owners, while not affecting their functionality.
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