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The Return of the Native
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Thomas Hardy's novel is set on the fictional Egdon Heath in rural England, exploring the entangled desires and thwarted ambitions of characters whose lives are shaped by their environment. It suits readers interested in Victorian literature, tragic romance, and Hardy's studies of fate and rural society.
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist, poet and architect. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain such as those from his native South West England.
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