THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy
Illustrated by Peter Reddick
Published by Folio Society
in 1971
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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830797
1991.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Fifth printing. Spine very slightly faded. Text block lightly grubby. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing and paper wear to one edge.
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830357
1990.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Reprint. Grubby mark to top of spine, above the title label. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no discernible faults.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Author's Preface
- BOOK FIRST: THE THREE WOMEN
- 1. A Face on which Time makes but Little Impression
- 2. Humanity appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
- 3. The Custom of the Country
- 4. The Halt on the Turnpike Road
- 5. Perplexity among Honest People
- 6. The Figure against the Sky
- 7. Queen of the Night
- 8. Those who are Found where there is said to be a Nobody
- 9. Love leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
- 10. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
- 11. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
- BOOK SECOND: THE ARRIVAL
- 1. Tidings of the Corner
- 2. The People at Blooms-End make Ready
- 3. How a Little Sound produced a Great Dream
- 4. Eustacia is led on to an Adventure
- 5. Through the Moonlight
- 6. The Two stand face to face
- 7. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
- 8. Firmness is discovered in a Gentle Heart
- BOOK THIRD: THE FASCINATION
- 1. 'My Mind to me a Kingdom is'
- 2. The New Course causes Disappointment
- 3. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
- 4. An Hour of Bliss and many Hours of Sadness
- 5. Sharp Words are spoken, and a Crisis ensues
- 6. Yeobright goes, and the Breach is Complete
- 7. The Morning and the Evening of a Day
- 8. A New Force disturbs the Current
- BOOK FOURTH: THE CLOSED DOOR
- 1. The Rencounter by the Pool
- 2. He is set upon by Adversities; but he sings a Song
- 3. She goes out to Battle against Depression
- 4. Rough Coercion is Employed
- 5. The Journey across the Heath
- 6. A Conjuncture, the its Result upon the Pedestrian
- 7. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
- 8. Eustacia hears of Good Fortune, and beholds Evil
- BOOK FIFTH: THE DISCOVERY
- 1. 'Wherefore is Light given to him that is in Misery?'
- 2. A Lurid Light breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
- 3. Eustacia dresses herself on a Black Monday
- 4. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
- 5. An Old Move inadvertently repeated
- 6. Thomasin argues with her Cousin and he writes a letter
- 7. The Night of the Sixth of November
- 8. Rain, Darkness and Anxious Wanderers
- 9. Sights and Sounds draw the Wanderers together
- BOOK SIXTH: AFTERCOURSES
- 1. The Inevitable Movement Onward
- 2. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
- 3. The Serious Discourse of Clym with his Cousin
- 4. Cheerfulness again asserts itself at Blooms-End and Clym finds his Vocation