The Return of the Native
(Paperback)
Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 15th November 1992
Paperback
Published: 15th March 2001
Paperback
Published: 25th September 2003
Paperback, New edition
Published: 5th February 1995
Publishing Details
The Return of the Native
By (Author) Thomas Hardy
Edited by Tony Slade
Introduction by Penny Boumelha
Notes by Tony Slade
Preface by Patricia Ingham
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
25th September 2003
24th June 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: general
823.8
Physical Properties
Paperback
496
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 26mm
340g
Description
Penguin Classics relaunch. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written towards the beginning of Hardy's career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In this novel, Hardy's tragic vision is powerfully and narrowly focussed on Egdon Heath and the men and women who live on it. Set against the backdrop of the Heath and the impersonal and eternal forces it represents, the fates of Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Clym Yeobright - the returning 'native' - and others are inexorably played out.
Reviews
"This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."
--D. H. Lawrence
Author Bio
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was a prolific novelist and poet whose works include 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and 'Jude the Obscure'. Penny Bouhmelha is Professor of English at the University of Adelaide and has published work on Hardy and women.
