The Return of the Native

Return of the Native is one of Thomas Hardy?s most powerful works. Clym Yeobright the returning native comes home to the haunted Wessex moors after a cosmopolitan life in Paris. He then marries the proud imperious and impetuous Eustacia Vye. However their marriage is not a happy one. They are both caught amidst complicated circles of romantic desire and a series of events that arrive tragic ends. Hardy sixth published novel is full of compassion melancholy sympathy and perhaps most importantly gorgeous lyrical prose that anticipates his later career as a poet.