The return of the native

By Thomas Hardy

Subjects: Adultery, Country life, Fiction, Married people, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

Description: Diamond merchant Clym Yeobright, tired of life in Paris, returns to quiet Egdon Heath to become a schoolmaster, and attracts the attention of the free-spirited Eustacia Vye who is very disappointed when she realizes Clym has come home to stay.