The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy; Margaret R. Higonnet

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy , Simon Gatrell , and Margaret R. Higonnet

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‘To be loved to madness - such was her great desire’ 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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN:: 9780199537044

DOI:: 10.1093/owc/9780199537044.001.0001

Authors

Thomas Hardy, author

Simon Gatrell, editor

Margaret R. Higonnet, author

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Front Matter
The Return of The Native
- Book First The Three Women
  - Chapter I A Face on which Time makes but Little ImpressionThomas Hardy
  - Chapter II Humanity appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with TroubleThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III The Custom of the CountryThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV The Halt on the Turnpike-RoadThomas Hardy
  - Chapter V Perplexity among Honest PeopleThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI The Figure against the SkyThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VII Queen of NightThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VIII Those who are found where there is said to be NobodyThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IX Love leads a Shrewd Man into StrategyThomas Hardy
  - Chapter X A Desperate Attempt at PersuasionThomas Hardy
  - Chapter XI The Dishonesty of an Honest WomanThomas Hardy
- Book Second The Arrival
  - Chapter I Tidings of the ComerThomas Hardy
  - Chapter II The People at Blooms-End make readyThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III How a Little Sound produced a Great DreamThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV Eustacia is led on to an AdventureThomas Hardy
  - Chapter V Through the MoonlightThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI The Two stand Face to FaceThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VII A Coalition between Beauty and OddnessThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VIII Firmness is discovered in a Gentle HeartThomas Hardy
- Book Third The Fascination
  - Chapter I “My Mind to me a Kingdom is”Thomas Hardy
  - Chapter II The New Course causes DisappointmentThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III The First Act in a Timeworn DramaThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV An Hour of Bliss and many Hours of SadnessThomas Hardy
  - Chapter V Sharp Words are spoken, and a Crisis EnsuesThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI Yeobright goes, and the Breach is CompleteThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI The Morning and the Evening of an Eventful DayThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VIII A New Force disturbs the CurrentThomas Hardy
- Book Fourth The Closed Door
  - Chapter I The Rencounter by the PoolThomas Hardy
  - Chapter II He is set upon by Adversities; but he sings a SongThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III She goes out to battle against DepressionThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV Rough Coercion is employedThomas Hardy
  - Chapter V The Journey across the HeathThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI An Awkward Conjuncture, and its Result upon the PedestrianThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VII The Tragical Meeting of Two Old FriendsThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VIII Eustacia hears of Good Fortune, and beholds EvilThomas Hardy
- Book Fifth The Discovery
  - Chapter I “Wherefore is Light given to him that is in Misery?” Thomas Hardy
  - Chapter II A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened UnderstandingThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III Eustacia dresses herself under Sad CircumstancesThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten OneThomas Hardy
  - Chapter V An Old Move inadvertently repeatedThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VI Thomasin argues with her Cousin, and he writes a letterThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VII The Night of the Sixth of NovemberThomas Hardy
  - Chapter VIII Rain, Darkness, and Anxious WanderersThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IX Sights and Sounds draw the Wanderers togetherThomas Hardy
- Book Sixth Aftercourses
  - Chapter I The Inevitable Movement OnwardThomas Hardy
  - Chapter II Thomasin walks in a Green Place by the Roman RoadThomas Hardy
  - Chapter III The Serious Discourse of Clym with his CousinThomas Hardy
  - Chapter IV Cheerfulness again asserts itself at Blooms-End, and Clym finds his AvocationThomas Hardy
End Matter
- Explanatory Notes
- Significant Revisions to the Text

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