The Return of the Native (Bantam Classics)
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品牌: Thomas Hardy
基本信息·出版社：Bantam Classics
·页码：512 页
·出版日期：1982年
·ISBN：0553212699
·条形码：9780553212693
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
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This fine novel sets in opposition two of Thomas Hardy’s most unforgettable creations: his heroine, the sensuous, free-spirited Eustacia Vye, and the solemn, majestic stretch of upland in Dorsetshire he called Egdon Heath. The famous opening reveals the haunting power of that dark, forbidding moor where proud Eustacia fervently awaits a clandestine meeting with her lover, Damon Wildeve. But Eustacia’s dreams of escape are not to be realized—neither Wildeve nor the returning native Clym Yeobright can bring her salvation.
Injured by forces beyond their control, Hardy’s characters struggle vainly in the net of destiny. In the end, only the face of the lonely heath remains untouched by fate in this masterpiece of tragic passion, a tale that perfectly epitomizes the author’s own unique and melancholy genius.
作者简介Thomas Hardy, whose writing immortalized the Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, was born at Upper Bockhampton, near Stinsford in Dorset in 1840, the eldest child of a prosperous stonemason. As a youth he trained as an architect and in 1862 obtained a post in London. During his time he began seriously to write poetry, which remained his first literary love and his last. In 1867-68, his first novel was refused publication, butUnder the Greenwood Tree(1872), his first Wessex novel, did well enough to convince him to continue writing. In 1874,Far from the Maddening Crowd, published serially and anonymously in theCornhill Magazine, became a great success. Hardy married Emma Gifford in 1878, and in 1885 they settled at Max Gate in Dorchester, where he lived the rest of his life. There he had wroteThe Return of the Native(1878),The Mayor of Casterbridge(1886),Tess of the d’Urbervilles(1891), andJude the Obscure(1895).
With Tess, Hardy clashed with the expectations of his audience; a storm of abuse broke over the “infidelity” and “obscenity” of this great novel he had subtitled “A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented.” Jude the Obscure aroused even greater indignation and was denounced as pornography. Hardy’s disgust at the reaction to Jude led him to announce in 1869 that he would never write fiction ever again. He publishedWessex Poemsin 1898,Poems of the Past and Presentin 1901, and from 1903 to 1908, The Dynast, a huge drama in which Hardy’s conception of the Immanent Will, implicit in the tragic novels, is most clearly stated.
In 1912 Hardy’s wife, Emma died. The marriage was childless and had been a troubled one, but in the years after her death, Hardy memorialized her in several poems. At seventy-four he married his longtime secretary, Florence Dugdale, herself a writer of children’s books and articles, with whom he live happily until his death in 1928. His heart was buried in the Wessex Countryside; his ashes were placed next to Charles Dickens’s in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.
媒体推荐Financial Times, unknown date
"Rickman's austere yet humane narrator is right for this tragic story of passion and loss."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Review
"This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."
--D. H. Lawrence
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sandy Bauers, Sacramento Bee, February 14, 1999
"...If velvet could speak, it would sound like Rickman."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
USA TODAY, July 22, 1999
"Rickman passionately portrays the… characters. His mastery of local accents… creates a remarkable audio experience."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Library Journal, unknown date
"Rickman gives a performance that listeners will remember. This is the best way to enjoy Hardy."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
The Listener
"A brilliant reading."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Financial Times
"Rickman's austere yet humane narrator is right for this tragic story of passion and loss."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Talking Business
"Alan Rickman's reading is outstanding. He has a plausible and adaptable West Country Burr, and he sings the local folk songs tunefully. But more than this, he has the perfectly paced delivery ... that brings the novel to life."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Deirdre Donahue,USA TODAY, December 3, 1998
"These Cover to Cover tapes offer up a delectable feast for fans of the spoken word. We're talking class act here - from the elegant covers to the accomplished readers."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Review
"This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."
--D. H. Lawrence
From the Trade Paperback edition.
专业书评From AudioFile
Clym Yeobright, native of Egdon Heath, returns from the bright society of Paris and, as any reader of Hardy knows, all is not smooth. He is quickly taken by and marries the one woman he should not--Eustacia Vye. The suffering that follows is mitigated somewhat by the ending, but more by the mastery of Alan Rickman's reading. At the start, Rickman senses the voice for each character in Hardy's fictional world, and he maintains each character's personality throughout. He even manages to project Hardy's subtle shadings of tone with the rhythm and tempo of his narration, throwing in a song here and there because, in spite of his gloom, there is a festive strain to Hardy, as well. If you have a hard time reading this classic English writer, this is how to do it. P.E.F. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Financial Times, unknown date
"Rickman's austere yet humane narrator is right for this tragic story of passion and loss."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Review
"This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."—D. H. Lawrence
Sandy Bauers, Sacramento Bee, February 14, 1999
"...If velvet could speak, it would sound like Rickman."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
USA TODAY, July 22, 1999
"Rickman passionately portrays the… characters. His mastery of local accents… creates a remarkable audio experience."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Library Journal, unknown date
"Rickman gives a performance that listeners will remember. This is the best way to enjoy Hardy."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
The Listener
"A brilliant reading."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Financial Times
"Rickman's austere yet humane narrator is right for this tragic story of passion and loss."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Talking Business
"Alan Rickman's reading is outstanding. He has a plausible and adaptable West Country Burr, and he sings the local folk songs tunefully. But more than this, he has the perfectly paced delivery ... that brings the novel to life."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Deirdre Donahue,USA TODAY, December 3, 1998
"These Cover to Cover tapes offer up a delectable feast for fans of the spoken word. We're talking class act here - from the elegant covers to the accomplished readers."--This text refers to theAudio Cassetteedition.
Review
"This is the quality Hardy shares with the great writers...this setting behind the small action the terrific action of unfathomed nature."
--D. H. Lawrence
From the Trade Paperback edition.
