The Return of the Native

The Return of The Native is a novel by Thomas Hardy. The story was first published in the Belgravia magazine from January to december 1878. The book is widely considered to be one of Hardy's best work.

The title of the book refers to Clym Yeobright, who after his time in Paris returns to his native soil, Egdon Heath.

The novel describes a tragic love story and contrasts the wild, passionate love, which leads to the downfall, with the patient and dedicated love.

The book is carefully constructed according to the standards of the classical tragedy: it follows the unity of time, place and action, and also originally counted five parts. The sixth part, Aftercourses, is out of this construction and was added to cater to the desire of the Victorian public to a good end.

The story is set against the background of Egdon Heath, an untamed nature reserve in southern England that Hardy knew closely. The area plays an important role in the story and is becoming increasingly menacing and penetrating present. The people who live there and feel like at home, reach a certain degree of satisfaction and happiness; those who resist and want to rise above their descent from it, go under. ==Summary[ Edit] == Damon Wildeve, an engineer who has swapped his trade for that of innkeeper, is in the situation that there are two women in love with him. Thomasin Yeobright and the are the restless and romantic set Edor Vye.Diggory Venn, the seller of dyes, is in love with Thomasin, but she points him off and marries with Damon. Clym Yeobright then it goes (Thomasins cousin and the title figure) back from Paris where he has worked in the diamond trade. Clym gives that job on because he as the ideal has to teach to the people on Egdon Heath. He falls in love with Paulina and marries her, against the express wishes of his mother. Edward cherishes the hope that he will take her to Paris, where they have a more exciting life. By intensive study however, Clyms vision quickly takes off and he goes easy work to do to stay busy in the maintenance of the heathland area.The disappointed Damon Wildeve and affair with Perry is unintentionally caused the death of Clyms mother. If there discovers the relationship follows a violent Clym scene where Damon and Edgar flights. During their flight they both drowned. Thomasin marries eventually did with the patient Diggory Venn and Clym is an itinerant preacher, who live with a gnawing guilt over the death of his mother and his wife. ==Film[ Edit] == In 1994, The Return of The Native edited for television with Catherine Zeta-Jones in the role of Edgar Vye.