The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy [ILLUSTRATED HARDCOVER] 1980 • The Franklin Library too many ducklings The quiet strength she displays

The quiet strength she displays while dealing with unspeakable loss is as surprising as it is inspiring

The Piano Teacher brilliantly portrays a madman set on fulfilling his own sadistic and homicidal dreams

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discoveries of his wife's illicit affair with another woman

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy [ILLUSTRATED HARDCOVER] 1980 • The Franklin Library too many ducklings The quiet strength she displaysThe Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy and illustrated by Ben F. Wohlberg COLLECTOR'S EDITION [1980] THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY Book is in excellent condition. Some minor shelf wear; reads like new. In Hardy's The Return of the Native, Eustacia Vye criss crosses the wild Egdon Heath, eager to experience life to the full in her quest for "music, poetry, passion, war." She marries Clym Yeobright, a native of the heath, but his idealism frustrates her