Description
Hardy transforms the English heath into a sentient antagonist that mirrors the psychological desolation of lovers who destroy each other through a combination of social constraint and personal weakness. The novel's darkness comes not from melodrama but from its insistence that character is destiny and that some wounds cannot be healed by return or reconciliation.
About this book
The Return of the Native is an ebook by Thomas Hardy (1840–1928). It dates from 1878. This edition runs to roughly 612 pages, about 12 hours of reading at a typical pace.
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About the Author
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) has 7 books in the BigBookHub catalogue: A pair of blue eyes, Desperate Remedies, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, Two on a Tower and 2 more. These titles date from between 1871 and 1895.
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