The Return Of The Native by Thomas Hardy - 1895

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the book.There is some bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The pages are yellowing , but the pages are free of markings.

"The date at which the following events are assumed to have occurred may be set down as between 1840 and 1850, when the old watering-place called 'Budmouth' still retained sufficient afterglow from its Georgian gaiety and prestige to lend it an absorbing attractiveness to the romantic and imaginative soul of a lonely dweller inland...." - Preface from The Return Of The Native

"A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heah embrowned itself moment by moment. Overhead the hollow stretch of whitish cloudS shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor...." - Chapter One from The Three Women, first book from The Return Of The Native