The Return of the Native

Although Cornhill Magazine rejected The Return of The Native as possibly too racy for a "'family magazine'" (Purdy 27), the novel was serialized in Belgravia from January to December, 1878. Smith, Elder published the first three-volume edition in November of that year.

Some sites associated with Return of the Native:

	Hurdle Maker
	A pond on Egdon Heath ("Rushy Pond")
	Children gathering furze
	A cart path through "Egdon" Heath
	Warmwell Heath in 1912
	Oker's Pool
	Greenhill Pond on "Egdon Heath"
	Heedless William's Pond
	A weir similar to "Shadwater Weir"
	Hardy's sketch of the scene of The Return of the Native
	Weymouth ("Budmouth") Harbour

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