The Return of the Native

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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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Tropes used in The Return of the Native include:

• Love Dodecahedron
• Momma's Boy: Clym
• Purple Prose
• Revised Ending
• Scenery Porn: The entire first chapter is about the heath.