Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
1878 / 448 pages
rating:  9.5 / Brit classic

I was very interested in reading this book until I read the first chapter.   Oh-oh – bo-ring!   But I picked it up later and was automatically fascinated.   Go figure – but that’s happened to me before so I’ll often give a book two or three tries before really setting it aside.   The Classics Reading Group II prompted this read.

Hardy loves to weave nature’s wonders into his stories along with the flaws of humans and their society.  >>>>MORE>>>>