But, The Return of the Native is unique in its pagan undertones - the first five books take place over a year and a day, starting on All Hallow's Eve, and hints of magic and witchcraft. This work has all the well-known marks of Thomas Hardy: the Wessex landscape, a choice of lovers, a wedding gone wrong, a particularly shy 30-something man, and a woman with an independent spirit. Clym is a thoughtful and morose young man, who tolerates life rather than truly enjoying it. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)Ĭlym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a "love pentagon" which includes: his cousin, Thomasin Yeobright the shadowy inn-keeper, Damon Wildeve the controversial and romantic Eustacia Vye and the mysterious reddleman, Diggory Venn, whose skin is stained completely red from his work. The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy Study Guide Full Text Further Study Summary Book III, Chapters 1-4 Summary Book III, 'The Fascination,' begins with a more detailed description of Clym Yeobright than we have yet been given.
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