![]() However, Wildeve is also a bit confused about his feelings, as he also loves a woman named Eustacia Vye. ![]() She, while acknowledging the fact that Venn loves her, has already pledged herself to Wildeve (a man who has already messed up their wedding day once as the novel opens). ![]() The lonely Diggory Venn is a reddlemen in the area and is desperately in love with Thomasin Yeobright. The main conflict of the novel centers on a very elaborate love. The novel takes place in Egdon Heath-a beautiful piece of country that provides the dramatic backdrop to the actions of the characters. The Return of the Native lives up to those things (although, I still think Jude the Obscure wins for being the most tragic of all the Hardy novels I've read). I've come to expect a number of things from Hardy when I read one of his novels-well-developed and rounded characters, a beautiful backdrop, and tragedy. Not to mention, Hardy is a superb writer and never disappoints me. Because while YA and genre fiction is fun and entertaining, it doesn't give me as much satisfaction and love as a classic does. It was the perfect choice as my first classic "back in the game" of regular blogging and reminded me why I love classics so much in the first place. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy is the first classic I've read and completely finished in recent months. ![]() Its absolutely indestructible form it reaches a profundity in which all “Of love it may be said, the less earthly the less demonstrative. ![]()
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