Return of the Native Essays

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Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy, the author of The Return of the Native (1876), is generally known as ‘the last of the great Victorians’. In his early novel, The Return of the Native, the life-like characterization is well-admired to date. The characters of Clement...

Return of the Native

John Gardner once said that there are only two types of stories: someone leaving home or a stranger coming into town; The Return of the Native meets both of these in a way. Eustacia wishes to leave, while Clym returns, but seems to be almost a...

Return of the Native

"Hardy summons into us a graphic dimension, and then, apparently without realizing the danger in doing so, he allows another Eustacia to enter his novel. This Eustacia emerges, through a consistent patter of speech and action as a creature unfit...

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Return of the Native

In Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native, the main character Clym Yeobright seems to disappoint everyone he loves upon his arrival home to Egdon Heath from Paris. His refusal to continue to lead the life he had previously been living in Paris is...