Thomas Hardy

Broschiertes Buch

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Beschreibung

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE BY THOMAS HARDY Edited by Margaret Elvy A new edition of Thomas Hardy's 1878 novel The Return of the Native, with an introduction and notes by Margaret Elvy. The Return of the Native is the second of Hardy's great novels of love and tragedy (the first was Far From the Madding Crowd), exploring the tangled relationships in the rural community of Egdon Heath in Dorset in the 19th century. Eustacia Vye is perhaps the memorable character in The Return of the Native: she receives a really enthusiastic introduction and description from the narrator. No other Thomas Hardy character has received such a star-billing as Eustacia Vye. Tess Durbeyfield is loved by her narrator, clearly, and receives much exalted prose. But Eustacia has the full force of Hardy's poetry washed over her. Includes illustrations, an introduction, bibliography and notes. Paperback.

Autor

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, especially 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. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a mentor. After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances, and they are often set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex; initially based on the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Hardy's Wessex eventually came to include the counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire and much of Berkshire, in southwest and south central England. Two of his novels, Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd, were listed in the top 50 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9781861711595
• ISBN-10: 186171159X
• Artikelnr.: 59523034