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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

by Thomas Hardy

Illustrated by Peter Reddick

Published by Folio Society. 1990

Slightly better than very good condition. A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages.

Reprint. Grubby mark to top of spine, above the title label. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no discernible faults.

Stock no. 1830357

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Author's Preface
  • BOOK FIRST: THE THREE WOMEN
  • 1. A Face on which Time makes but Little Impression
  • 2. Humanity appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
  • 3. The Custom of the Country
  • 4. The Halt on the Turnpike Road
  • 5. Perplexity among Honest People
  • 6. The Figure against the Sky
  • 7. Queen of the Night
  • 8. Those who are Found where there is said to be a Nobody
  • 9. Love leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
  • 10. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
  • 11. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
  • BOOK SECOND: THE ARRIVAL
  • 1. Tidings of the Corner
  • 2. The People at Blooms-End make Ready
  • 3. How a Little Sound produced a Great Dream
  • 4. Eustacia is led on to an Adventure
  • 5. Through the Moonlight
  • 6. The Two stand face to face
  • 7. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
  • 8. Firmness is discovered in a Gentle Heart
  • BOOK THIRD: THE FASCINATION
  • 1. 'My Mind to me a Kingdom is'
  • 2. The New Course causes Disappointment
  • 3. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
  • 4. An Hour of Bliss and many Hours of Sadness
  • 5. Sharp Words are spoken, and a Crisis ensues
  • 6. Yeobright goes, and the Breach is Complete
  • 7. The Morning and the Evening of a Day
  • 8. A New Force disturbs the Current
  • BOOK FOURTH: THE CLOSED DOOR
  • 1. The Rencounter by the Pool
  • 2. He is set upon by Adversities; but he sings a Song
  • 3. She goes out to Battle against Depression
  • 4. Rough Coercion is Employed
  • 5. The Journey across the Heath
  • 6. A Conjuncture, the its Result upon the Pedestrian
  • 7. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
  • 8. Eustacia hears of Good Fortune, and beholds Evil
  • BOOK FIFTH: THE DISCOVERY
  • 1. 'Wherefore is Light given to him that is in Misery?'
  • 2. A Lurid Light breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
  • 3. Eustacia dresses herself on a Black Monday
  • 4. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
  • 5. An Old Move inadvertently repeated
  • 6. Thomasin argues with her Cousin and he writes a letter
  • 7. The Night of the Sixth of November
  • 8. Rain, Darkness and Anxious Wanderers
  • 9. Sights and Sounds draw the Wanderers together
  • BOOK SIXTH: AFTERCOURSES
  • 1. The Inevitable Movement Onward
  • 2. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
  • 3. The Serious Discourse of Clym with his Cousin
  • 4. Cheerfulness again asserts itself at Blooms-End and Clym finds his Vocation

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