El's review
The Return of the Native (Modern Library Classics)
by Thomas Hardy
El's review
The Return of the Native (Modern Library Classics) by Thomas Hardy
El's review
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Thomas Hardy knew the stuff which made good soap operas by modern standards: lots of intrigue, plenty of folks who just can't manage to keep it in their pants, a bundle of miscommunications and a setting as familiar as its own character on which all of the above to occur.
The native here is Clym Yeobright who falls in love with Eustacia Vye and abandons his aspirations much to his mother's (and, eventually, Eustacia's) chagrin. On the other side of the table there is Clym's sweet - if not just a little simple - cousin, Thomasin, who has snagged Damon Wildeve. Prior to Clym's return to Egdon Heath Eustacia carried on quite the relationship with Damon. Further complicating matters as only Aaron Spelling would fully appreciate, Clym's mother does not approve of her son's match, and oh, there's the reddleman, Diggory Venn, who secretly adores Thomasin. Across the heath these characters suffer a lot of heartbreak and meet destruction, all while the heath (the other character I...more
The native here is Clym Yeobright who falls in love with Eustacia Vye and abandons his aspirations much to his mother's (and, eventually, Eustacia's) chagrin. On the other side of the table there is Clym's sweet - if not just a little simple - cousin, Thomasin, who has snagged Damon Wildeve. Prior to Clym's return to Egdon Heath Eustacia carried on quite the relationship with Damon. Further complicating matters as only Aaron Spelling would fully appreciate, Clym's mother does not approve of her son's match, and oh, there's the reddleman, Diggory Venn, who secretly adores Thomasin. Across the heath these characters suffer a lot of heartbreak and meet destruction, all while the heath (the other character I...more
