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Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Guy Fawkes night, Diggory Venn, a reddleman dyed red from his trade, transports a young woman, Thomasin Yeobright, to her aunt's house on Egdon Heath. Despite Venn's love for the sweet-natured Thomasin, he agrees to secure the man of her choice, the fickle innkeeper Damon Wildeve, who delayed his marriage to Thomasin earlier that day. Wildeve is still enchanted by the beautiful Eustacia Vye, who detests the heath upon which she lives with her grandfather and longs for a glamorous life abroad. When Thomasin's cousin, Clym Yeobright, returns from his life as a diamond merchant in Paris, Eustacia sees her chance to escape. However, Wildeve cannot let her go.
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Series: Collins Classics Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 3, 2013

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780007502639
  • Release date: January 3, 2013

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780007502639
  • File size: 847 KB
  • Release date: January 3, 2013

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Guy Fawkes night, Diggory Venn, a reddleman dyed red from his trade, transports a young woman, Thomasin Yeobright, to her aunt's house on Egdon Heath. Despite Venn's love for the sweet-natured Thomasin, he agrees to secure the man of her choice, the fickle innkeeper Damon Wildeve, who delayed his marriage to Thomasin earlier that day. Wildeve is still enchanted by the beautiful Eustacia Vye, who detests the heath upon which she lives with her grandfather and longs for a glamorous life abroad. When Thomasin's cousin, Clym Yeobright, returns from his life as a diamond merchant in Paris, Eustacia sees her chance to escape. However, Wildeve cannot let her go.
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Classic Literature Fiction