num_pages: 497
description: Wild passion leads to tragedy as love is perverted by marriage. But the concerns of mortals are belittled by the sombre, immemorial presence of Egdon Heath, perhaps Hardy's finest evocation of his native landscape. The text is accompanied by a critical introduction.
language: English
title: The Return of the Native
titlecomplete: The Return of the Native
characters: Clym Yeobright, Damon Wildeve, Diggory Venn, Eustacia Vye, Thomasin Yeobright
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, British Literature
ratings_count: 37855
places: United Kingdom, Dorset, England
publisher: Everyman