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The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Book First — The Three Women
  4. 4II — Humanity Appears Upon the Scene, Hand in Hand With Trouble
  5. 5III — The Custom of the Country
  6. 6IV — The Halt on the Turnpike Road
  7. 7V — Perplexity Among Honest People
  8. 8VI — The Figure Against the Sky
  9. 9VII — Queen of Night
  10. 10VIII — Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
  11. 11IX — Love Leads a Shrewd Man Into Strategy
  12. 12X — A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
  13. 13XI — The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
  14. 14Book Second — The Arrival
  15. 15II — The People at Blooms-End Make Ready
  16. 16III — How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
  17. 17IV — Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
  18. 18V — Through the Moonlight
  19. 19VI — The Two Stand Face to Face
  20. 20VII — A Coalition Between Beauty and Oddness
  21. 21VIII — Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart
  22. 22Book Third — The Fascination
  23. 23II — The New Course Causes Disappointment
  24. 24III — The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
  25. 25IV — An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
  26. 26V — Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
  27. 27VI — Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
  28. 28VII — The Morning and the Evening of a Day
  29. 29VIII — A New Force Disturbs the Current
  30. 30Book Fourth — The Closed Door
  31. 31II — He Is Set Upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
  32. 32III — She Goes Out to Battle Against Depression
  33. 33IV — Rough Coercion Is Employed
  34. 34V — The Journey Across the Heath
  35. 35VI — A Conjuncture, and Its Result Upon the Pedestrian
  36. 36VII — The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
  37. 37VIII — Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
  38. 38Book Fifth — The Discovery
  39. 39II — A Lurid Light Breaks in Upon a Darkened Understanding
  40. 40III — Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning
  41. 41IV — The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One
  42. 42V — An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
  43. 43VI — Thomasin Argues With Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
  44. 44VII — The Night of the Sixth of November
  45. 45VIII — Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
  46. 46IX — Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
  47. 47Book Sixth — Aftercourses
  48. 48II — Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road
  49. 49III — The Serious Discourse of Clym With His Cousin
  50. 50IV — Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Find…

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