The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy, Tony Slade, Penny Boumelha , Tony Slade

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Penguin Classics
25 September 2003

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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written towards the beginning of Hardy's career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In this novel, Hardy's tragic vision is powerfully and narrowly focussed on Egdon Heath and the men and women who live on it.

Set against the backdrop of the Heath and the impersonal and eternal forces it represents, the fates of Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Clym Yeobright - the returning 'native' - and others are inexorably played out.

By: Thomas Hardy
Preface by: Patricia Ingham
Notes by: Tony Slade
Introduction by: Penny Boumelha
Edited by: Tony Slade
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780140435184
ISBN 10: 0140435182
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 25 September 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a prolific novelist and poet whose works include 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and 'Jude the Obscure'. Penny Bouhmelha is Professor of English at the University of Adelaide and has published work on Hardy and women.

Reviews for The Return of the Native

""This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."" --D. H. Lawrence