{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-native-paperback-by-thomas-hardy","title":"The Return of the Native Paperback by Thomas Hardy","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1999-08-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e496\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780140435184\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e334.53\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.79 x 5.07 x 0.89\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘You are ambitious, Eustacia–no not exactly ambitious, luxurious. I ought to be of the same vein, to make you happy, I suppose’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTempestuous Eustacia Vye passes her days dreaming of passionate love and the escape it may bring from the small community of Egdon Heath.  Hearing that Clym Yeobright is to return from Paris, she sets her heart on marrying him, believing that through him she can leave rural life and find fulfilment elsewhere. But she is to be disappointed, for Clym has dreams of his own, and they have little in common with Eustacia’s. Their unhappy marriage causes havoc in the lives of those close to them, in particular Damon Wildeve, Eustacia’s former lover, Clym’s mother and his cousin Thomasin. \u003cb\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/b\u003e illustrates the tragic potential of romantic illusion and how its protagonists fail to recognize their opportunities to control their own destinies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenny Boumelha’s introduction examines the classical and mythological references and the interplay of class and sexuality in the novel. This edition, essentially Hardy’s original book version of the novel, also includes notes, a glossary, chronology and bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (1840-1928) wrote novels and poetry, much of which is set in the semi-imaginary county of Wessex. His novels include \u003ci\u003eFar From the Madding Crowd\u003c\/i\u003e (1874), \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Native \u003c\/i\u003e(1878), \u003ci\u003eThe Mayor of Casterbridge\u003c\/i\u003e(1886), \u003ci\u003eTess\u003c\/i\u003e o\u003ci\u003ef the D'Urbervilles\u003c\/i\u003e(1891) and \u003ci\u003eJude the Obscure\u003c\/i\u003e (1895). He published his first volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003eWessex Poems,\u003c\/i\u003e in 1898 and continued to publish collections of poems until his death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow and Reader at St Anne's College, Oxford. She has written on the Victorian novel and on Hardy in particular. She is the General Editor of all of Hardy's fiction in the Penguin Classics and has edited Gaskell's North and South for the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44900385816737,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780140435184","price":13.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780140435184.jpg?v=1744346095","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-return-of-the-native-paperback-by-thomas-hardy","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}