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The Return Of The Native
The Return Of The Native
Author: Thomas Hardy
While essentialy a tragedy, The Return of the Native is a novel of great structural beauty an imaginative appeal. Hardy achieves in this work a perfect balance between human responsibilty and the workings of blind chance. — As in all Hardy works, the landowning aristocracy and wealthy are portrayed as degenerate while the peasants and farm labore...  more »
ISBN: 46812
Pages: 349
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Publisher: Airmont
Book Type: Paperback
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One of the lesser known, but extremely talented English writers. Hardy's books are moody in their setting, and have unique, lonely characters.
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A true classic
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When we read this book with my book group, we christened it "Return of the Naive". The spoiled characters, petty motivations, and hard-to-believe disasters in this book are much too unappealing. The heath is the best character in the book, and Thomas Hardy describes it with the care of a lover. He clearly has writing talent, but it was wasted here.
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I love Thomas Hardy, loved this book, reads like poetry.
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Part of the Riverside Literature Series. Introduction by Harold C. Martin, Lecturer on Comparative Literature, Harvard University.
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Wahington Square Press 33rd printing 1963
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" Well-constructed Hardy novel of a remote corner of Wessex and six characters who interact in a beautifully rendered location. Man, nature, civilization, country life, love, education and ignorance--the usual mix of Hardy's take on the consequences of unrealistic expectations and inappropriate responses."

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