Return Of The Native

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To be loved to madness
- such was her great desire Eustacia Vye criss-crosses the wild Egdon Heath eager to experience life to the full in her quest for music poetry passion war. She marries Clym Yeobright native of the heath but his idealism frustrates her romantic ambitions & her discontent draws others into a tangled web of deceit & unhappiness. Early readers responded to Hardys insatiably observant descriptions of the heath a setting that for D. H. Lawrence provided the real stuff of tragedy. For modern readers the tension between the mythic setting of the heath & the modernity of the characters challenges our freedom to shape the world as we wish; like Eustacia we may not always be able to live our dreams. This edition has a critically established text based on the manuscript & first edition. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.