The Return of the Native
By Thomas Hardy
Length14h 35m
About this audiobook
'The Return of the Native' is a Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy. The story is set in Egdon Heath, a fictional rural area in Wessex, England, and revolves around the lives of its inhabitants. The main character, Clym Yeobright, comes back from Paris and aims to spend his life in his native land. He falls in love with a local beauty, Eustacia Vye, disregarding his mother's disapproval. The novel explores themes of fate, miscommunication, and the clash between traditional and modern life, resulting in drastic consequences for the characters.
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GenreOther
Length14 hrs 35 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 187
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
29 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
2Book First—The Three Women
30 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
3A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression
31 A New Force Disturbs the Current
4 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
32Book Fourth The Closed Door
5The Custom of the Country
33The Rencounter by the Pool
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6The Halt on the Turnpike Road
34He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
7Perplexity among Honest People
35She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
8The Figure against the Sky
36Rough Coercion Is Employed
9 Queen of Night
37The Journey across the Heath
10Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
38 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
11Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
39The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
12 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
40 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
13The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
41Book Fifth The Discovery
14Book Second The Arrival
42“Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”
15Tidings of the Comer
43A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
16The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
44Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning
17How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
45The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
18Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
46An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
19Through the Moonlight
47Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
20The Two Stand Face to Face
48The Night of the Sixth of November
21 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
49Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
22Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
50 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
23Book Third The Fascination
51Book Sixth Aftercourses
24“My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”
52The Inevitable Movement Onward
25The New Course Causes Disappointment
53 Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
26 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
54The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
27An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
55Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation
28Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
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