The Return of the Native. Thomas Hardy

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664110039

Table of 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 Ready

       III

       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

       IV

       An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness

       V