Return of the native /
Thomas Hardy.
- [S.l.] : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998.
- 400 p. ; 20 cm.
- Wordsworth classics. .
- Wordsworth classics. .
The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. As character after character is driven to self-destruction, the presence of Egdon Heath becomes all-embracing, while Clym becomes a preacher.