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The return of the native / Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes

The return of the native / Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by George Woodcock Softcover - 1978

by Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Woodcock, George (1912-)

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Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 491p : map ; 19 cm. Notes; This ed. originally published: 1978. 1983 reprint. Includes bibliographical references. Summary; 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. Subjects; Fiction in English. English fiction. Fiction in English, 1837-1900 � Texts General & literary fiction ; Classic fiction. FICTION / Classics. Genre; Fiction.
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  • Title The return of the native / Thomas Hardy ; edited with an introduction and notes by George Woodcock
  • Author Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); Woodcock, George (1912-)
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 490
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harmondsworth : Penguin, London
  • Date 1978
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 239794
  • ISBN 9780140431223 / 0140431225
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.79 x 5.12 x 0.81 in (19.79 x 13.00 x 2.06 cm)
  • Reading level 1040
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98813339
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one woman he should not--Eustacia Vye. The suffering that follows is mitigated somewhat by the ending.

From the publisher

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840. In his writing, he immortalized the site of his birth—Egdon Heath, in Dorset, near Dorchester. Delicate as a child, he was taught at home by his mother before he attended grammar school. At sixteen, Hardy was apprenticed to an architect, and for many years, architecture was his profession; in his spare time, he pursued his first and last literary love, poetry. Finally convinced that he could earn his living as an author, he retired from architecture, married, and devoted himself to writing. An extremely productive novelist, Hardy published an important book every year or two. In 1896, disturbed by the public outcry over the unconventional subjects of his two greatest novels—Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure—he announced that he was giving up fiction and afterward produced only poetry. In later years, he received many honors. He died on January 11, 1928, and was buried in Poet’s Corner, in Westminster Abbey. It was as a poet that he wished to be remembered, but today critics regard his novels as his most memorable contribution to English literature for their psychological insight, decisive delineation of character, and profound presentation of tragedy.

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