Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Belgravia 1878
ISBN/ASIN: 1440420084
Number of pages: 362
Description:
One of Thomas Hardy's most powerful works, a tale of doomed love, passion, alienation, and melancholy as Hardy brilliantly explores that theme so familiar throughout his fiction: the diabolical role of chance in determining the course of a life.
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