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Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Keith Wilson. 

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The Return of the Native may be Thomas Hardy’s finest writing. His descriptive and lyrical powers are at their height, his evocation of the wilds of Egdon Heath unmatched, his dissection of Eustacia and Clym’s marriage unimpeachable. Perhaps nowhere else is Hardy’s point that the universe is simply indifferent more compellingly made. Winner of the British Spoken Word Publishing Association’... 

Juanita says: “This is by far the 'easiest read' of Thomas Hardy's books that I have read so far. The first coup...”

 

Far from the Madding Crowd, Hardy’s passionate tale of the beautiful, headstrong farmer Bathsheba Everdene and her three suitors, firmly established the thirty-four-year-old writer as a popular novelist. According to Virginia Woolf, “The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book w... 

Jennifer says: “Another excellent example of Thomas Hardy's beautiful imagery and a very good story to go along w...”

 

Giles Winterbourne and Grace Melbury were virtually promised to one another; now her father has other plans, forcing her marriage to Edred Fitzpiers. His philandering and poverty sour their marriage, and the woodman remains sunk in dogged devotion. The events that follow are echoed in the bewitching but pitiless cycle of the seasons, as the village of Little Hintock is caught up inextricably in the natural wo... 

Ben says: “Some immensely fickle, and insular woodland dwellers provide the basis for a 400+ page indictment...”

 

This edition presents a critically established text based on comparisons of every revised version. Hardy placed this tale among his Novels of Character and Environment, a group which is held to include his most characteristic work. 

Sumbal says: “i lyk it,,,,sumhow it became boring,,,,wen i vent thru,,,the scenes of rustic lyf,,,including cho...”

 

A young man falls victim to his own obsession with an amorous farm girl in this classic novel of fate and unrequited love. Published anonymously and first attributed, erroneously, to George Eliot, this Signet Classic version is set from Hardy's revised final draft-the authoritative Wessex edition of 1912. 

Gina says: “"Far from the Madding Crowd" is a truly great novel - a wonderful piece of great Victorian lietra...”