![]() ![]() Originally released as five books, in classic tragic form, a sixth, tacking on a 'happy ending', was added by editor and public pressure. When they come together, the Heath will come apart. He is satisfied returning from Paris to the simple comfort of home. Our supposed hero, Clym, is modest, steady, plain, moral, and dutiful. She burns every life she touches, never able to find the mad love and exotic world she dreams of. Our heroine, Eustacia, is proud, passionate, cruel, fickle, avaricious, and desperate. The brooding Egdon Heath is the central character, totally indifferent to the struggles of men. ![]() Eustacias dreams are shattered by the world in which she lives. Hardy insists that it is the violation of mans code that induces the tragedy. A modern and honest novel of chance and choice, faith and infidelities, this dark story asks what is free will and what is fate? What is the true nature of nature, and how do we fit together? Can we fit together?Ī tragedy set in the barren land of Edgon Heath. Thomasin is married to the faithful Reddleman, Diggory Venn, Clym becomes a preacher. Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Return of the Native ![]()
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