The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

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A new edition of Thomas Hardy's timeless novel of two pairs of mismatched lovers. One of Hardy's classic statements about modern love, courtship, and marriage, The Return of the Native is set in the pastoral village of Egdon Heath. The fiery Eustacia Vye, wishing only for passionate love,... read more

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A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned itself moment by moment.

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