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The Return of the Native — Contents

Thomas Hardy

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  1. PREFACE1 min
  2. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — I. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression7 min
  3. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble10 min
  4. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — III. The Custom of the Country34 min
  5. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road8 min
  6. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — V. Perplexity among Honest People21 min
  7. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — VI. The Figure against the Sky23 min
  8. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — VII. Queen of Night11 min
  9. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody9 min
  10. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy17 min
  11. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion15 min
  12. BOOK FIRST—THE THREE WOMEN — XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman14 min
  13. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — I. Tidings of the Comer8 min
  14. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — II. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready8 min
  15. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream8 min
  16. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure16 min
  17. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — V. Through the Moonlight11 min
  18. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — VI. The Two Stand Face to Face19 min
  19. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness14 min
  20. BOOK SECOND—THE ARRIVAL — VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart16 min
  21. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — I. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”8 min
  22. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — II. The New Course Causes Disappointment14 min
  23. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama23 min
  24. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness13 min
  25. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — V. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues12 min
  26. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete12 min
  27. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day23 min
  28. BOOK THIRD—THE FASCINATION — VIII. A New Force Disturbs the Current12 min
  29. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — I. The Rencounter by the Pool11 min
  30. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — II. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song17 min
  31. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — III. She Goes Out to Battle against Depression20 min
  32. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — IV. Rough Coercion Is Employed12 min
  33. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — V. The Journey across the Heath8 min
  34. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian18 min
  35. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — VII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends13 min
  36. BOOK FOURTH—THE CLOSED DOOR — VIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil13 min
  37. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — I. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”13 min
  38. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding15 min
  39. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — III. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning13 min
  40. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — IV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One8 min
  41. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated11 min
  42. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — VI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter11 min
  43. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — VII. The Night of the Sixth of November14 min
  44. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers17 min
  45. BOOK FIFTH—THE DISCOVERY — IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together18 min
  46. BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES — I. The Inevitable Movement Onward15 min
  47. BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES — II. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road6 min
  48. BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES — III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin9 min
  49. BOOK SIXTH—AFTERCOURSES — IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation17 min