Return of the Native (Wordsworth Classics)
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Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. The central figure of this novel is the returning, Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. As character after character is driven to self-destruction, the presence of Egdon Heath becomes all-embracing, while Clym becomes a preacher. Review: The book has arrived! - This was a book, so the questions do not apply. The book is finally here, in perfect condition. Thanks. Review: Five Stars - Item is as describe. No problems with product and/or service.
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A**R
The book has arrived!
This was a book, so the questions do not apply. The book is finally here, in perfect condition. Thanks.
S**F
Five Stars
Item is as describe. No problems with product and/or service.
T**Y
A novel that I always wanted to read - 54 years in the attempt
Well, I finally finished it. Maybe better, I finally got beyond the first couple of chapters and read it through to the end. This was an assigned text in one of my high school English course. I think it was my Grade 12 class with Mr. Lloyd in the 1963-64 school year. I would have been 15 turning 16 is that class. I have absolutely no recollection of how the novel was taught beyond my inability to get through it as a 15-year-old. 54 years later, I just recently turned 79 and the novel has much more relevance to me now at the end of my life than then at the beginning. This novel is the only Hardy that I have read but the Internet speaks of a fatalism in it. I was puzzled when I read that as I was reading the novel but realized it is an apt description of the novel. It is not fatalistic in that people's lives are foredoomed but fatalistic in that people's lives make little difference. The heath was there before them and the heath will be there after they have gone. Eustachia and Windeve die and then their lives are taken up, interpreted and indeed molded as stories by the heath people. The barrow people. the Celtic tribes, the Romans ... lived on and left their traces on the heath. The current residents of the heath are not a culmination of history but just part of the process of the heath that carries on forever in terms of human lives. In this I see hardy as anticipating some of the concepts of postmodernism as I understand them. As a 70 year old, this novel has greater resonance for me than as a 15 year old in grade 12. maybe that is why I cannot recall any of the teaching of it so long ago. However, I remembered this novel and thought of it for all of those 54 intervening years. The teaching of it must have influenced me profoundly. it is a novel that I always wanted to read. I've read it now and I am glad that I did. It is a novel of depth that teaches a lot about life.
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ใคใฎใชในๅฅฝใใฎไบบใซใๅงใใฎไธๅ
The catcher in the rye ใฎไธญใงไธปไบบๅ ฌใฎๅฐๅนดใใใฎๆฌใฎใใจใๅผ็จใใฆใใใฎใง่ชญใใงใฟใพใใใ ็ฐ่ใฎ็ๆดปใซ้ฃฝใ่ถณใใใใชใงใฎ็ๆดปใซใใใใใใฆใผในใฟใทใขใใใชใงใฎใใธใในใจ็ๆดปใซ็ฒใ็ฐ่ใซๅฎใใใๆฑใใใใจใใใฏใชใ ใใใฌใผใใผใคใงๆ ็ฑ ใฎไธปไบบใฎใใผใขใณใใฉใใใ่จณใๅ จ่บซ็ใฃ่ตคใชใใณ๏ผไฝๆ ่ตคใชใฎใใใใฎ็จฎใฎไบบ้ใฎใใจใใใฃใใ่ฉณใใ่ชฌๆใใฆใใพใ๏ผใใฆใใผใฏใชไบบใ ใ็ปๅ ดใใพใใ ใคใณใฐใฉใณใใฎ็ฐ่๏ผใใผใใคใๅพๆใฎๅ ดๆ๏ผใฎๆฏ่ฒใ้ขจ็ฟใ็ๆดปใ่จ่้ฃใใชใฉใ็ใ็ใใจๆใใใฆใใพใใ "Quiet Woman"ใจใใๆ ็ฑ ใฎๅๅใ่ชฟในใฆใฟใใจใใฃใใๆๅณๆทฑใใใฎใใใใฟใใใงใใ ๅคๆนไธใฎไธใง็ซใ็ใ็ฟๆ ฃ("Bonfire")ใ่ฉณใใๆๅใใใฆใใใใใใพใใ ใใณใใจใใผใขใณใๆ้ใฎไธญใง่ใฎๅนผ่ซ๏ผ๏ผglowworm)ใ็ณใฎไธใซๅๅฝขใซไธฆในใใฎๅ ใงใตใคใณใญ่ณญๅใใใใทใผใณใฏ็ฌใใ่ชใใพใใ ๆใฎๆฌใชใฎใจ๏ผใใถใ๏ผๆน่จใฎใใใงใกใใฃใจ่ฑ่ชใ่ชญใฟใซใใ้จๅใใใใฎใงใใใใใฉใใใใฏใชในใใผใชใผใๆฅฝใใใพใใใ
E**9
Cost effective unabridged edition
One of the best unabridged edition at a reasonable price. Don't trust the cover though. You might end up with a one different than the image put up.
D**6
Excellent
Hardy's best according to him....and me...
C**A
Great
i got this book for my english literature coursework. the pages are a good thickness for writing notes in the margins without causing tearing or imprints on other pages. the cover and spine are also holding up well against the battering it takes in my school bag. i didn't expect to enjoy the book based on what my friends said, but I've loved every word. i guess its more for some people then others. some of the language is a bit archaic and the description is dense so i don't know if anyone but those who really love sinking their teeth into a book would like it, but personally, as a die hard reader, i would recommend it.
A**R
She loved it.
I brought that as a gift for someone. She loved it.
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