The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume Two

Download or read book The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume Two written by Thomas Hardy and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three novels of love, ambition, and nineteenth-century English society. This volume includes three of the greatest works by the iconic Victorian novelist. The Return of the Native: Eustacia Vye yearns to escape the village of Egdon Heath, but her marriage to a well-traveled man doesn’t bring the adventure she craves, in this novel that brilliantly evokes the dangerous allure of romantic fantasies. Tess of the D’Urbervilles: A young woman struggles against tradition and circumstance in this story of love, class, and deceit. The Woodlanders: Grace Melbury is torn between a wealthy, unfaithful husband and the humble woodsman she truly loves in this novel that examines the perils of social ambition.