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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, written by Thomas Hardy, is a tragic romance novel that takes place in the fictional Wessex where many of Hardy's classic stories were set.
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Release dateMar 22, 2018
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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in Dorchester, Dorset. He enrolled as a student in King’s College, London, but never felt at ease there, seeing himself as socially inferior. This preoccupation with society, particularly the declining rural society, featured heavily in Hardy’s novels, with many of his stories set in the fictional county of Wessex. Since his death in 1928, Hardy has been recognised as a significant poet, influencing The Movement poets in the 1950s and 1960s.

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