Loved itand I really, really enjoyed rereading all of them except maybe Under the Greenwood Tree, which is not Hardy's best in my opinion.
The Return of the Native (1878)
Others: Positive The native of the title is Clym Yeobright, who returns to the area from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one woman he should not--Eustacia Vye. The suffering that follows is mitigated somewhat by the ending.
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- 9780099518983
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- 470 pages
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