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The Return of the Native

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  • Title: The Return of the Native
  • Author: Thomas Hardy
  • Genre/Subject: English literature
  • Publisher: Kindle
  • Number of pages:
  • Publication Date: 1878
  • Finish date: 6/24/2019

Review:

Life on Egdon Heath.

Learned about trades on the heath:

  • Furze cutter
  • Besom maker
  • Reddleman

You feel the moonlight, the desolation, the warmth of the firesides.

The dialect is spot on.

The life must have changed forever with steam power and machinery to reclaim arable land from the heath. Maybe someone wrote about that??

Very good read. Solid classic.

Overall rating:

How I discovered or acquired this book: Podcast mentioned a soldier in WWI reading it.

Noteworthy experiences while reading this book:

Check out author’s other books? Y

Recommend this book? To whom?

Ratings (1-10, 10 being exceptional):

  • Quality of writing – 9
  • Pace – 9
  • Plot development – 9
  • Characters – 9
  • Enjoyability – 9
  • Insightfulness – 9
  • Ease of reading – 8
  • Photos/illustrations – n/a

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