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The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy

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Author
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
Credits
John Hamm and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Heathlands -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
122
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/122
Release Date
March 8, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Return of the Native — by Thomas Hardy — Contents
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN
  5. 5.I. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
  6. 6.II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
  7. 7.III. The Custom of the Country
  8. 8.IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road
  9. 9.V. Perplexity among Honest People
  10. 10.VI. The Figure against the Sky
  11. 11.VII. Queen of Night
  12. 12.VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
  13. 13.IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
  14. 14.X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
  15. 15.XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
  16. 16.BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL
  17. 17.I. Tidings of the Comer
  18. 18.II. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
  19. 19.III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
  20. 20.IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
  21. 21.V. Through the Moonlight
  22. 22.VI. The Two Stand Face to Face
  23. 23.VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
  24. 24.VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
  25. 25.BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION
  26. 26.I. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”
  27. 27.II. The New Course Causes Disappointment
  28. 28.III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
  29. 29.IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
  30. 30.V. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
  31. 31.VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
  32. 32.VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day
  33. 33.VIII. A New Force Disturbs the Current
  34. 34.BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR
  35. 35.I. The Rencounter by the Pool
  36. 36.II. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
  37. 37.III. She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
  38. 38.IV. Rough Coercion Is Employed
  39. 39.V. The Journey across the Heath
  40. 40.VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
  41. 41.VII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
  42. 42.VIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
  43. 43.BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY
  44. 44.I. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”
  45. 45.II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
  46. 46.III. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning
  47. 47.IV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
  48. 48.V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
  49. 49.VI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
  50. 50.VII. The Night of the Sixth of November
  51. 51.VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
  52. 52.IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
  53. 53.BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES
  54. 54.I. The Inevitable Movement Onward
  55. 55.II. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
  56. 56.III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
  57. 57.IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation

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