The Return of the Native
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. PREFACE4. I. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression5. II. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble6. III. The Custom of the Country7. IV. The Halt on the Turnpike Road8. V. Perplexity among Honest People9. VI. The Figure against the Sky10. VII. Queen of Night11. VIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody12. IX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy13. X. A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion14. XI. The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman15. I. Tidings of the Comer16. II. The People at Blooms-End Make Ready17. III. How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream18. IV. Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure19. V. Through the Moonlight20. VI. The Two Stand Face to Face21. VII. A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness22. VIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart23. I. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”24. II. The New Course Causes Disappointment25. III. The First Act in a Timeworn Drama26. IV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness27. V. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues28. VI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete29. VII. The Morning and the Evening of a Day30. VIII. A New Force Disturbs the Current31. I. The Rencounter by the Pool32. II. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song33. III. She Goes Out to Battle against Depression34. IV. Rough Coercion Is Employed35. V. The Journey across the Heath36. VI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian37. VII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends38. VIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil39. I. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”40. II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding41. III. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning42. IV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One43. V. An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated44. VI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter45. VII. The Night of the Sixth of November46. VIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers47. IX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together48. I. The Inevitable Movement Onward49. II. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road50. III. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin51. IV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation