The Return of the Native: Unabridged edition

The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth published novel. It became one of Hardy's most popular novels. The novel takes place entirely in the environs of Egdon Heath, and, with the exception of the epilogue, Aftercourses, covers exactly a year and a day. The young and beautiful Eustacia Vye visits her grandfather in Egdon Heath, a country area in northern England, but quickly becomes bored and dreams of city life in Paris. When Egdon Heath native Clym Yeobright returns from Paris an...