The Return of the Native
"The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1878. Set entirely on the wild Egdon Heath over the span of a year, it follows the intertwined fates of several characters trapped by passion and circumstance. When Clym Yeobright returns from Paris, the beautiful but restless Eustacia Vye sees him as her escape from the desolate heath. Their marriage sets off a chain of events involving thwarted desires, family estrangement, and fateful misunderstandings that will test everyone's loyalties and dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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- 1The Return of the Native3,245 字
- 2第 2 章266 字
- 3PREFACE949 字
- 4BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN8,670 字
- 5II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble12,025 字
- 6III. The Custom of the Country41,100 字
- 7IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road9,557 字
- 8V. Perplexity among Honest People24,279 字
- 9VI. The Figure against the Sky27,164 字
- 10VII. Queen of Night13,628 字
- 11VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody9,686 字
- 12IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy19,604 字
- 13X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion17,327 字
- 14XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman16,234 字
- 15BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL9,507 字
- 16II. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready8,581 字
- 17III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream9,035 字
- 18IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure19,005 字
- 19V. Through the Moonlight13,443 字
- 20VI. The Two Stand Face to Face22,457 字
- 21VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness16,973 字
- 22VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart18,649 字
- 23BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION9,783 字
- 24II. The New Course Causes Disappointment16,784 字
- 25III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama26,746 字
- 26IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness14,675 字
- 27V. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues13,411 字
- 28VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete13,748 字
- 29VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day26,802 字
- 30VIII. A New Force Disturbs the Current14,439 字
- 31BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR13,209 字
- 32II. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song19,563 字
- 33III. She Goes Out to Battle against Depression23,807 字
- 34IV. Rough Coercion Is Employed14,122 字
- 35V. The Journey across the Heath9,219 字
- 36VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian19,958 字
- 37VII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends14,918 字
- 38VIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil14,934 字
- 39BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY14,815 字
- 40II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding17,828 字
- 41III. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning14,456 字
- 42IV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One9,372 字
- 43V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated12,523 字
- 44VI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter12,416 字
- 45VII. The Night of the Sixth of November16,785 字
- 46VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers19,674 字
- 47IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together21,598 字
- 48BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES18,075 字
- 49II. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road5,919 字
- 50III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin9,998 字
- 51IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation20,629 字