The Return of the Native

Preface

Book First: The Three Women

II: Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble

III: The Custom of the Country

IV: The Halt on the Turnpike Road

V: Perplexity among Honest People

VI: The Figure against the Sky

VII: Queen of Night

VIII: Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody

IX: Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

X: A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion

XI: The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman

Book Second: The Arrival

II: The People at Blooms-End Make Ready

III: How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream

IV: Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure

V: Through the Moonlight

VI: The Two Stand Face to Face

VII: A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness

VIII: Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart

Book Third: The Fascination

II: The New Course Causes Disappointment

III: The First Act in a Timeworn Drama

IV: An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness

V: Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues

VI: Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete

VII: The Morning and the Evening of a Day

VIII: A New Force Disturbs the Current

Book Fourth: The Closed Door

II: He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song

III: She Goes Out to Battle against Depression

IV: Rough Coercion Is Employed

V: The Journey across the Heath

VI: A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian

VII: The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends

VIII: Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil

Book Fifth: The Discovery

II: A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding

III: Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning

IV: The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One

V: An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated

VI: Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter

VII: The Night of the Sixth of November

VIII: Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers

IX: Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together

Book Sixth: Aftercourses

II: Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road

III: The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin

IV: Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His Vocation