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Works of Thomas Hardy: Detailed Summary Of The Return Of The Native
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Hardy, Thomas
Hardy, Thomas
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Detailed Summary Of The Return Of The Native
Book First The Three Women
Chapter 1. A Face On Which Time Makes But Little Impression
The time is November - a Saturday afternoon approaching twilight. The
place is Egdon Heath, covered by a sky completely overcast. Imagine being in a
vast rounded tent made of clouds with the heath as the floor. The dark brown
heath and the whitish sky make it seem that night has come while day still
lingers. "Looking upwards, a furze-cutter [furze is an evergreen shrub] would
have been inclined to continue work; looking down, ...
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