The Return of the Native
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Table of contents
- Title Page2
- DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS3
- Copyright Page4
- Preface5
- Postscript6
- Table of Contents7
- BOOK FIRST - THE THREE WOMEN8
- I - A FACE ON WHICH TIME MAKES BUT LITTLE IMPRESSION9
- II - HUMANITY APPEARS UPON THE SCENE, HAND IN HAND WITH TROUBLE10
- III - THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY13
- IV - THE HALT ON THE TURNPIKE ROAD20
- V - PERPLEXITY AMONG HONEST PEOPLE22
- VI - THE FIGURE AGAINST THE SKY27
- VII - QUEEN OF NIGHT32
- VIII - THOSE WHO ARE FOUND WHERE THERE IS SAID TO BE NOBODY35
- IX - LOVE LEADS A SHREWD MAN INTO STRATEGY37
- X - A DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT PERSUASION41
- XI - THE DISHONESTY OF AN HONEST WOMAN44
- BOOK SECOND - THE ARRIVAL47
- I - TIDINGS OF THE COMER48
- II - THE PEOPLE AT BLOOMS-END MAKE READY50
- III - HOW A LITTLE SOUND PRODUCED A GREAT DREAM51
- IV - EUSTACIA IS LED ON TO AN ADVENTURE52
- V - THROUGH THE MOONLIGHT56
- VI - THE TWO STAND FACE TO FACE59
- VII - A COALITION BETWEEN BEAUTY AND ODDNESS63
- VIII - FIRMNESS IS DISCOVERED IN A GENTLE HEART66
- BOOK THIRD - THE FASCINATION70
- I - “MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS”71
- II - THE NEW COURSE CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT73
- III - THE FIRST ACT IN A TIMEWORN DRAMA76
- IV - AN HOUR OF BLISS AND MANY HOURS OF SADNESS81
- V - SHARP WORDS ARE SPOKEN, AND A CRISIS ENSUES84
- VI - YEOBRIGHT GOES, AND THE BREACH IS COMPLETE87
- VII - THE MORNING AND THE EVENING OF A DAY90
- VIII - A NEW FORCE DISTURBS THE CURRENT95
- BOOK FOURTH - THE CLOSED DOOR98
- I - THE RENCOUNTER BY THE POOL99
- II - HE IS SET UPON BY ADVERSITIES BUT HE SINGS A SONG102
- III - SHE GOES OUT TO BATTLE AGAINST DEPRESSION106
- IV - ROUGH COERCION IS EMPLOYED110
- V - THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE HEATH113
- VI - A CONJUNCTURE, AND ITS RESULT UPON THE PEDESTRIAN115
- VII - THE TRAGIC MEETING OF TWO OLD FRIENDS119
- VIII - EUSTACIA HEARS OF GOOD FORTUNE AND BEHOLDS EVIL122
- BOOK FIFTH - THE DISCOVERY125
- I - “WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY”126
- II - A LURID LIGHT BREAKS IN UPON A DARKENED UNDERSTANDING129
- III - EUSTACIA DRESSES HERSELF ON A BLACK MORNING132
- IV - THE MINISTRATIONS OF A HALF-FORGOTTEN ONE135
- V - AN OLD MOVE INADVERTENTLY REPEATED137
- VI - THOMASIN ARGUES WITH HER COUSIN, AND HE WRITES A LETTER140
- VII - THE NIGHT OF THE SIXTH OF NOVEMBER143
- VIII - RAIN, DARKNESS, AND ANXIOUS WANDERERS146
- IX - SIGHTS AND SOUNDS DRAW THE WANDERERS TOGETHER150
- BOOK SIXTH - AFTERCOURSES154
- I - THE INEVITABLE MOVEMENT ONWARD155
- II - THOMASIN WALKS IN A GREEN PLACE BY THE ROMAN ROAD158
- III - THE SERIOUS DISCOURSE OF CLYM WITH HIS COUSIN159
- IV - CHEERFULNESS AGAIN ASSERTS ITSELF AT BLOOMS-END, AND CLYM FINDS HIS VOCATION161
"O delivery my heart from this fearful gloom and loneliness," prays the passionate Eustacia Vye, who detests her life amid the dreary environs of Egdon Heath. With the return of Clym Yeobright from Paris, her escape for the heath and its brooding isolation appears to be at hand. Clym finds in Eustacia the same dark mystery of his native heath, and his irresistible attraction to them both leads to a clash of idealism and realism. Thomas Hardy's timeless tale of a romantic misalliance embodies his view of character as fate and underscores the tragic nature of ordinary human lives. Despite his grim outlook Hardy charms readers with the warmth and vitality of his characters, his loving portraits of the English countryside, and his realistic re-creations of local dialect. Shakespearean in its intricate plotting and deft irony, The Return of the Native ranks among the author's greatest works.