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The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native
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The Return of the Native Paperback / softback - 2013

by Thomas Hardy

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  • Title The Return of the Native
  • Author Thomas Hardy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 428
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date 2013-05-09
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781484923962
  • ISBN 9781484923962 / 1484923960
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.87 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 2.21 cm)
  • Reading level 1040
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 10

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...her? No lady would rove about the heath at all hours of the day and night as she does. But that's not all of it. There was something queer between her and Thomasin's husband at one time--I am as sure of it as that I stand here.' 'Eustacia has told me. He did pay her a little attention a year ago; but there's no harm in that. I like her all the better.' 'Clym, ' said his mother with firmness, 'I have no proofs against her, unfortunately. But if she makes you a good wife, there has never been a bad one." 'Believe me, you are almost exasperating, ' said Yeobright vehemently. 'And this very day I had intended to arrange a meeting between you. But you give me no peace; you try to thwart my wishes in everything.' 'I hate the thought of any son of mine marrying badly! I wish I had never lived to see this; it is too much for me--it is more than I thought!' She turned to the window. Her breath was coming quickly, and her lips were pale, parted, and trembling. 'Mother, ' said Clym, 'whatever you do, you will always be dear to me--that you know. 'But one thing I have a right to say, which is, that at my age I am old enough to know what is best for me.' Mrs. Yeobright remained for some time silent and shaken, as if she could say no more. Then she replied, 'Best? Is it best for you to injure your prospects for such a voluptuous, idle woman as that? Don't you see that by the very fact of your choosing her you prove that you do not know what is best for you? You give up your whole thought--you set your whole soul--to please a woman.' 'I do. And that woman is you.' 'How can you treat me so flippantly!' said his mother, turning again to him with a tearful look. 'You are unnatural, Clym, and I did not expect it.' 1 Very likely, ' said he cheerlessly. 'You did not know...
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