Title; Contents; Author's Preface; Postscript; BOOK FIRST -- THE THREE WOMEN; I -- A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression; II -- Humanity Appears Upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble; III -- The Custom of the Country; IV -- The Halt on the Turnpike Road; V -- Perplexity Among Honest People; VI -- The Figure Against the Sky; VII -- Queen of Night; VIII -- Those Who Are Found Where there is Said to Be Nobody; IX -- Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy; X -- A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion; XI -- The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman; BOOK SECOND -- THE ARRIVAL; I -- Tidings of the Comer
II -- The People at Blooms-End Make ReadyIII -- How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream; IV -- Eustacia is Led on to an Adventure; V -- Through the Moonlight; VI -- The Two Stand Face to Face; VII -- A Coalition Between Beauty and Oddness; VIII -- Firmness is Discovered in a Gentle Heart; BOOK THIRD -- THE FASCINATION; I -- "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is"; II -- The New Course Causes Disappointment; III -- The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Summary
Dip into a classic work of fiction that many critics regard as one of the novels that helped to usher in the modern era of literature. When it was originally published, Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native rocked Victorian England with its frank discussion of titillating subjects such as out-of-wedlock relationships. Today, the novel offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the mores and moral constraints of a bygone era
