The Return of the Native

The Return of the Native is Thomas Hardy's sixth novel, published in serial format in 1878. It concerns the residents of Egdon Heath, and in particular a Love Dodecahedron that occurs between a discontented country woman Eustacia Vye, her former lover Damon Wildeve, his current love Thomasin Yeobright, and Thomasin's cousin, the returning native Clym Yeobright.

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The Return of the Native contains the following tropes:

 * Love Dodecahedron
 * Mommas Boy: Clym
 * Purple Prose
 * Revised Ending
 * Scenery Porn: The entire first chapter is about the heath.