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CliffsNotes on The Return of the Native carries you through this timeless romantic classic about an ambitious beauty and the two men who will seemingly sacrifice everything to claim her. CliffsNotes helps you explore this novel by providing you with summaries and commentaries, book by book. You’ll also gain insight into the author Thomas Hardy, and discover what led him to write The Return of the Native. Other features that help you study include
- A list of characters and their descriptions
- Analyses of the main characters to unravel their motivations
- Critical essays on the theme, setting, and point of view of the novel, and more
- Review questions and essay topics
- A selected bibliography for more study
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