The Return of the Native Summary
Thomas Hardy

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The Return of the Native Summary

The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth novel and probably his best known. In fact, many critics assert that Eustacia Vye is one of the most memorable characters in English literature. The story focuses on the lives and loves of residents in the fictional county of Wessex,England, an area which was based on the rural area where Hardy was raised.

When the book was published in 1878, it met with mixed...

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