The Return of the Native: With a Map of Wessex

"The Return of the Native" is one of Thomas Hardy's most powerful and evocative novels, set against the brooding and timeless landscape of Egdon Heath in the fictional region of Wessex. The story follows the complex lives of the heath's inhabitants, particularly Clym Yeobright, who returns from Paris seeking a simpler life, and the beautiful, restless Eustacia Vye, who longs to escape the isolation of the countryside for the glamour of the city.

As their paths intertwine with those of the cy...