The Return of the Native: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds
and Sources with Essays in Criticism
by Thomas Hardy edited by James Gindin
Condition: Lightly used, no torn, written on or missing pages. Binding tight, some light creases on the cover
Description:
A Norton Critical Edition offering the authoritative text of Hardy's enduring novel, which first appeared in serial form in 1878 and set on the moors of the author's native England. Edited by James Gindin, with sketch map of Edgon Heath. In addition to the novel itself, much information about Hardy and his writings are provided: footnotes, Hardy's Autobiography, poems, essays, criticism and extensive analysis of the book by the likes of Katherine Anne Porter and D.H. Lawrence.