The Return of the Native

E294704
novel

The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.

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Label Occurrences
The Return of the Native canonical 2
The Return of the Native (1994 film) 1
The Return of the Native (television adaptations) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Thomas Hardy ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between desire and duty ⓘ
fate ⓘ
individual versus society ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
passion ⓘ
social constraint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts rigid social class structure in Victorian England ⓘ
explores conflict between rural tradition and modern aspirations ⓘ
featuresFictionalRegion Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
surface form: Wessex
firstPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium Belgravia magazine ⓘ
firstPublished Belgravia magazine ⓘ
surface form: Belgravia (magazine)
followedBy The Trumpet-Major ⓘ
form prose fiction ⓘ
genre Victorian literature ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ
tragic novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Return of the Native self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Return of the Native (1994 film)

The Return of the Native self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Return of the Native (television adaptations)
hasCharacter Diggory Venn ⓘ
Mrs. Yeobright ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Clym Yeobright ⓘ
Damon Wildeve ⓘ
Eustacia Vye ⓘ
Thomasin Yeobright ⓘ
hasMotive desire for escape ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ
hasSymbol Egdon Heath ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian realism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered one of Thomas Hardy's major novels ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableFor evocative depiction of landscape ⓘ
tragic plot ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels ⓘ
precededBy The Hand of Ethelberta ⓘ
publicationYear 1878 ⓘ
publisher Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
setting Egdon Heath ⓘ
rural England ⓘ
structure six books ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction 19th century ⓘ
tone tragic ⓘ

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Thomas Hardy → notableWork → The Return of the Native ⓘ
Wessex (fictional region) → usedIn → The Return of the Native ⓘ
The Return of the Native → hasAdaptation → The Return of the Native self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the Native (1994 film)
The Return of the Native → hasAdaptation → The Return of the Native self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the Native (television adaptations)