FREEThe Return of the Native
"The Return of the Native" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1878. Set entirely on the wild Egdon Heath over the span of a year, it follows the intertwined fates of several characters trapped by passion and circumstance. When Clym Yeobright returns from Paris, the beautiful but restless Eustacia Vye sees him as her escape from the desolate heath. Their marriage sets off a chain of events involving thwarted desires, family estrangement, and fateful misunderstandings that will test everyone's loyalties and dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T06:25:10.100Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Hardy, Thomas, died 1928; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/122; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 eb4788af1478353146eccd845685b3770c0239129bb479b840fc9c1e9d92ce17; RDF SHA256 095504bb03bee20fb7d529d53f374a9271efbd342816589e46945b7dd2454755. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/110.
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