by Thomas Hardy · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140435184
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«The Return of the Native» is Thomas Hardy's romantic novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (496 pages, in English).
Eustacia Vye, a passionate young woman trapped in Egdon Heath, sees in the return of Clym Yeobright from Paris the chance to escape her surroundings. Clym, however, wishes to stay in his homeland; the clash of aspirations affects Damon Wildeve and Clym's family. Hardy thus explores the power of romantic illusions.
Originally published in 1878. This Penguin Classics edition, issued in 1999, includes an introduction by Penny Boumelha, editing and notes by Tony Slade, glossary, chronology and bibliography.
A work for readers of Victorian classics, students of English literature and admirers of Thomas Hardy's rural drama.
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain such as those from his native South West England.
