Ocotillo Books


The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native unfolds against the haunting backdrop of Egdon Heath, a landscape that shapes and mirrors the emotional lives of its inhabitants. At the center is Clym Yeobright, a disillusioned diamond merchant whose return from Paris ignites hopes, resentments, and long-buried tensions within the community. His cousin Thomasin becomes entangled in an unhappy marriage marked by misunderstandings, while the passionate and restless Eustacia Vye yearns for a life beyond the confines of the heath, believing Clym may be her escape. Their intersecting desires set the stage for a series of choices that steadily tighten into tragedy.

Price: $20.99
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Pages: 442

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