The Return of the Native Paperback - 1999
by Thomas Hardy; Tony Slade (Editor)
Summary
‘You are ambitious, Eustacia – no not exactly ambitious, luxurious. I ought to be of the same vein, to make you happy, I suppose’
Tempestuous Eustacia Vye passes her days dreaming of passionate love and the escape it may bring from the small community of Egdon Heath. Hearing that Clym Yeobright is to return from Paris, she sets her heart on marrying him, believing that through him she can leave rural life and find fulfilment elsewhere. But she is to be disappointed, for Clym has dreams of his own, and they have little in common with Eustacia’s. Their unhappy marriage causes havoc in the lives of those close to them, in particular Damon Wildeve, Eustacia’s former lover, Clym’s mother and his cousin Thomasin. The Return of the Native illustrates the tragic potential of romantic illusion and how its protagonists fail to recognize their opportunities to control their own destinies.
Penny Boumelha’s introduction examines the classical and mythological references and the interplay of class and sexuality in the novel. This edition, essentially Hardy’s original book version of the novel, also includes notes, a glossary, chronology and bibliography.
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- Title The Return of the Native
- Author Thomas Hardy; Tony Slade (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London, United Kingdom
- Date 1999-08-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Maps
- ISBN 9780140435184 / 0140435182
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1040
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Mate selection, Mothers and sons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00265319
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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