{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-native","title":"The Return of the Native","description":"\u003cdiv data-renderer=\"lm\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe heath is the real hero. The people are only visitors.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Hardy’s first great tragic novel is a story of ambition, betrayal, and the ancient, indifferent landscape of Egdon Heath, a place that has been watching for centuries and will not change for any human heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEustacia Vye is a beautiful, passionate woman who dreams of escape. She was born for Paris, for glamour, for excitement—not for the muddy, windswept heath of rural Wessex. She marries Clym Yeobright, a man who has returned from Paris to become a schoolmaster. He wants to help the poor. She wants to leave. They destroy each other. Meanwhile, Damon Wildeve, Eustacia’s former lover, plays with the affections of Thomasin Yeobright, Clym’s cousin. A series of misunderstandings, betrayals, and a terrible midnight encounter on the heath lead to a death that no one can forgive. The novel ends with two figures walking the heath at night—and the heath itself, unchanged, indifferent, eternal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Hardy at his most atmospheric and fatalistic: a novel about the conflict between human desire and the natural world, between what we want and what we are allowed to have. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the book where Hardy found his voice—dark, lyrical, and utterly unsentimental.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardy’s first major tragic novel, published in 1878\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeatures one of literature’s most memorable landscapes: Egdon Heath, described in a famous opening chapter as a “vast tract of unenclosed wild”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores themes of fate, marriage, ambition, and the crushing weight of circumstance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the land outlasts every heart that breaks upon it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1840–1928) was an English novelist and poet, one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. Born in Dorset, the son of a stonemason, he trained as an architect before turning to writing. His novels are set in the semi-fictional region of “Wessex,” based on the rural countryside of southwestern England. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was his sixth novel, and it marked a turning point in his career: darker and more fatalistic than his earlier works, it established the pattern for his great tragic novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1886), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTess of the D’Urbervilles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1891), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1895). 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He died in 1928; his ashes are buried in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey, but his heart is buried separately in Dorset, beside his first wife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54426544570740,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54426544603508,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54426544636276,"sku":"9612921001267","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54426544669044,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-the-return-of-the-native-53600964149620.png?v=1779965621","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/the-return-of-the-native","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}