{"id":4785,"date":"2026-01-04T00:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-return-of-the-native-hardy-thomas\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:46:54","slug":"the-return-of-the-native-hardy-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-return-of-the-native-hardy-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Native – Hardy, Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CONTENTS<\/h1>\n

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\nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<\/span>
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\nGENERAL EDITOR<\/span><\/span>\u2019S PREFACE<\/span><\/span>
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\nCHRONOLOGY<\/span><\/span>: HARDY<\/span><\/span>\u2019S LIFE AND WORKS<\/span><\/span>
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\nMAP: THE WESSEX OF THE NOVELS
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\nBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE<\/span>
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\nINTRODUCTION<\/span>
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\nFURTHER READING<\/span>
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\nA NOTE ON THE HISTORY OF THE TEXT<\/span>
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\nTHE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
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\nBOOK FIRST<\/span>
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\nThe Three Women<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\nA Face on which Time makes but little Impression<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nHumanity appears upon the scene, hand in hand with Trouble<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nThe Custom of the Country<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nThe Halt on the Turnpike-road<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER V<\/span>
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\nPerplexity among Honest People<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VI<\/span>
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\nThe Figure against the Sky<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VII<\/span>
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\nQueen of Night<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VIII<\/span>
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\nThose who are found where there is said to be Nobody<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IX<\/span>
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\nLove leads a shrewd Man into Strategy<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER X<\/span>
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\nA desperate Attempt at Persuasion<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER XI<\/span>
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\nThe Dishonesty of an Honest Woman<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBOOK SECOND<\/span>
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\nThe Arrival<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\nTidings of the Comer<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nThe People at Blooms-End make ready<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nHow a little Sound produced a great Dream<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nEustacia is led on to an Adventure<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER V<\/span>
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\nThrough the Moonlight<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VI<\/span>
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\nThe Two stand Face to Face<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VII<\/span>
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\nA Coalition between Beauty and Oddness<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VIII<\/span>
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\nFirmness is Discovered in a Gentle Heart<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBOOK THIRD<\/span>
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\nThe Fascination<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\n\u2018My Mind to me a Kingdom is\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nThe new Course causes Disappointment<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nThe First Act in a Timeworn Drama<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nAn Hour of Bliss and many Hours of Sadness<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER V<\/span>
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\nSharp Words are spoken, and a Crisis ensues<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VI<\/span>
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\nYeobright goes, and the Breach is complete<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VII<\/span>
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\nThe Morning and the Evening of an Eventful Day<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VIII<\/span>
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\nA New Force disturbs the current<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBOOK FOURTH<\/span>
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\nThe Closed Door<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\nThe Rencounter<\/i>
\nby the Pool<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nHe is set upon by Adversities; but he sings a Song<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nShe goes out to battle against Depression<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nRough Coercion is employed<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER V<\/span>
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\nThe Journey across the Heath<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VI<\/span>
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\nAn Awkward Conjuncture, and its Result upon the Pedestrian<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VII<\/span>
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\nThe Tragical Meeting of Two Old Friends<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VIII<\/span>
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\nEustacia hears of Good Fortune, and beholds Evil<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBOOK FIFTH<\/span>
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\nThe Discovery<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\n\u2018Wherefore is Light given to him that is in Misery?\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nA lurid Light breaks in upon a darkened Understanding<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nEustacia dresses herself under sad Circumstances<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nThe Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER V<\/span>
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\nAn old Move inadvertently repeated<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VI<\/span>
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\nThomasin argues with her Cousin, and he writes a Letter<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VII<\/span>
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\nThe Night of the Sixth of November<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER VIII<\/span>
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\nRain, Darkness, and anxious Wanderers<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IX<\/span>
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\nSights and Sounds draw the Wanderers together<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nBOOK SIXTH<\/span>
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\nAftercourses<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER I<\/span>
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\nThe inevitable Movement Onward<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER II<\/span>
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\nThomasin walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER III<\/span>
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\nThe serious Discourse of Clym with his Cousin<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nCHAPTER IV<\/span>
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\nCheerfulness again asserts itself at Blooms-End, and Clym finds his Vocation<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nNOTES<\/span>
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\nAPPENDIX A<\/span><\/span>The Preface to<\/i> 1895 and the Postscript to<\/i> 1912
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\nAPPENDIX B<\/span>
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\nA Note on the Illustrations and the Map of the Novel<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nGLOSSARY<\/span>
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