The Return of the Native
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140431223 (0140431225)
Publish date: July 27th 1978
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
19th Century,
English Literature
Il concetto tragico che Hardy ha della vita è qui, nella tetra e selvaggia brughiera di Egdon, luogo immaginario che racchiude in sé le asperità e le incertezze della natura e dell’esistenza umana. Protagonista e spettatrice è la brughiera di Egdon, dove le stagioni passano, i destini s’incontrano, ...
"What depressed you?" "Life." This sums up every Thomas Hardy novel I have ever read. However, and this may shock and surprise you, ... I really liked this one. In contrast to Tess or Far from the Madding Crowd, I did not get exasperated with the characters, did not want to slap them or root fo...
The most irritating thing about cliches is that they are so often true. (This statement is also a cliche.) The old saw that kept popping into my head as I read The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy, was "Marry in haste. Repent at leisure." The first half of this book is bad marriage after bad ma...
“Hurt so goodCome on baby, make it hurt so good” - John MellencampWUT? Well, reading Thomas Hardy novels always poses this kind of challenge. They hurt, and yet I keep coming back to him because they are indeed good and this kind of hurt is like a good exercise for your EQ. In term of language, I do...
This was the last book on the English I curriculum and while I am undecided as to whether I actually read it (namely because when you get to that end of the year the last books on the reading list tend to be the ones that get dumped in favour of study for the pending exams) I did have a tutor that w...
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