The Return of the NativeFront matterReading editionChapter navigation51 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialPREFACEI. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little ImpressionII. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with TroubleIII. The Custom of the CountryIV. The Halt on the Turnpike RoadV. Perplexity among Honest PeopleVI. The Figure against the SkyVII. Queen of NightVIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be NobodyIX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into StrategyX. A Desperate Attempt at PersuasionXI. The Dishonesty of an Honest WomanI. Tidings of the ComerII. The People at Blooms-End Make ReadyIII. How a Little Sound Produced a Great DreamIV. Eustacia Is Led on to an AdventureV. Through the MoonlightVI. The Two Stand Face to FaceVII. A Coalition between Beauty and OddnessVIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle HeartI. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”II. The New Course Causes DisappointmentIII. The First Act in a Timeworn DramaIV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of SadnessV. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis EnsuesVI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is CompleteVII. The Morning and the Evening of a DayVIII. A New Force Disturbs the CurrentI. The Rencounter by the PoolII. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a SongIII. She Goes Out to Battle against DepressionIV. Rough Coercion Is EmployedV. The Journey across the HeathVI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the PedestrianVII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old FriendsVIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds EvilI. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened UnderstandingIII. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black MorningIV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten OneV. An Old Move Inadvertently RepeatedVI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a LetterVII. The Night of the Sixth of NovemberVIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious WanderersIX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers TogetherI. The Inevitable Movement OnwardII. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman RoadIII. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His CousinIV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His VocationBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Introductory materialAll chapters and sections (51)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsPREFACEI. A Face on Which Time Makes but Little ImpressionII. Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with TroubleIII. The Custom of the CountryIV. The Halt on the Turnpike RoadV. Perplexity among Honest PeopleVI. The Figure against the SkyVII. Queen of NightVIII. Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be NobodyIX. Love Leads a Shrewd Man into StrategyX. A Desperate Attempt at PersuasionXI. The Dishonesty of an Honest WomanI. Tidings of the ComerII. The People at Blooms-End Make ReadyIII. How a Little Sound Produced a Great DreamIV. Eustacia Is Led on to an AdventureV. Through the MoonlightVI. The Two Stand Face to FaceVII. A Coalition between Beauty and OddnessVIII. Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle HeartI. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”II. The New Course Causes DisappointmentIII. The First Act in a Timeworn DramaIV. An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of SadnessV. Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis EnsuesVI. Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is CompleteVII. The Morning and the Evening of a DayVIII. A New Force Disturbs the CurrentI. The Rencounter by the PoolII. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a SongIII. She Goes Out to Battle against DepressionIV. Rough Coercion Is EmployedV. The Journey across the HeathVI. A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the PedestrianVII. The Tragic Meeting of Two Old FriendsVIII. Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds EvilI. “Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery”II. A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened UnderstandingIII. Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black MorningIV. The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten OneV. An Old Move Inadvertently RepeatedVI. Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a LetterVII. The Night of the Sixth of NovemberVIII. Rain, Darkness, and Anxious WanderersIX. Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers TogetherI. The Inevitable Movement OnwardII. Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman RoadIII. The Serious Discourse of Clym with His CousinIV. Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation[Illustration]The Return of the Nativeby Thomas HardyIntroductory material →
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