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The Return of the Native

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Grosset & Dunlap, 1937 - People with visual disabilities - 470 pages
An enduring tale of love, desire, and the universal longing both to leave one's home and to return to it, this novel is one of Hardy's greatest and most affecting works. Hardy's passionately drawn characters and his vivid rendering of their valiant but ultimately ineffective struggle in destiny's web result in a masterpiece of melancholy brilliance.

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Thomas Hardy was a brilliant writer. - Goodreads
It makes for riveting storytelling. - Goodreads
Romantic pictures are painted of surroundings, however. - Goodreads
Look at his advice to Thomasin. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Heather - Goodreads

This book really deserves 3.5 stars, because there is a lot of clever writing, lots of phrases that I underlined and read outloud to my husband. Thomas Hardy, he knows how to turn a phrase. It's not 4 ... Read full review

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User Review  - David - Goodreads

Finally finished the book on my third try. Interesting tragedy in a very rural English country side. Of all the characters I found Diggory Venn most intriguing. He shows up in many of the critical ... Read full review

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