The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
List Price:
Our Price: $25.91
You Save: $14.04 (35%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $22.97 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Thomas HardyNarrator: Alan Rickman
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
Published: 2007-01-12
ISBN: 1572705701
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Book Reviews of The Return of the Native
Book Review: Hardy + Rickman = 10/10
Summary: 5 Stars
As a lover of descriptive, old English this book is a delight. Hardy writes such beautiful prose in describing the wilds of Egdon Heath and its occupants. I have loved Hardy's writing since first reading, 'Far From the Madding Crowd', as he rung my heart for Shepard Oak. How much more would I have enjoyed it if it was read, I can not tell but 'Return of the Native' is so much the richer for being read and heard. It's the difference between enjoying the story and being in the story; walking with the characters across the heath, willing them to take a different path or hoping they tread their way to a beloved or to avoid another. I laughed out loud at poor Christian and cried and the fates of some. Alan Rickman, (I am very biased on anything to do with him and his voice) does a fantastic job in developing these characters into distinct personalities with their own sound and feeling, a truly skilled actor.
Summary of The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native may be Thomas Hardy?s finest writing. His descriptive and lyrical powers are at their height, his evocation of the wilds of Egdon Heath unmatched, his dissection of Eustacia and Clym?s marriage unimpeachable. Perhaps nowhere else is Hardy?s point that the universe is simply indifferent more compellingly made. Winner of the British Spoken Word Publishing Association?s ?Talkie Award? for Best Unabridged Classic Recording, this performance was commended by the Financial Times as ?right for this tragic story of passion and loss.?
Classics Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Classics Books
Native sonby Richard Wright
Perennial Library; Published: 1987; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.75
Native Son: And How Bigger Was Bornby Richard Wright
Perennial; Published: 1993-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $60.00
Raphael and the Noble Taskby Catherine Salton
Harper; Published: 2000-10-24; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.49
Price in other shops:
Island (Perennial Classics)by Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2002-07-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith
Harper; Published: 2001-11-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.17
Price in other shops:
The Great Divorce CDby C. S. Lewis
HarperAudio; Published: 2003-11-25; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.18
Price in other shops:
Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens
Macmillan Pub Co; Published: 1979-06; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
This Side of Paradiseby Fitzgerald
Scribner Paper Fiction; Published: 1988-09-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.95
Price in other shops:
Black Coffee (Poirot)by Agatha Christie
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2002-12-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $68.32
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1960s)by Joan Didion
Flamingo; Published: 2001-04-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $22.25
Similar Books and other products
Something the Lord MadeHBO Home Video; Release date: 2005-01-25; DVD
Best price: $3.91
Price in other shops:
Blow DryLions Gate; Release date: 2011-05-17; DVD
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops:
The Barchester ChroniclesWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-25; DVD
Best price: $16.94
Price in other shops:
The Search for John GissingFox; Release date: 2008-08-12; DVD
Best price: $69.99
An Awfully Big AdventureWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-04-19; DVD
Best price: $5.51
Price in other shops:
Dark HarborRelease date: 2000-04-11; Published: 2000-04-01; DVD
Best price: $36.94
Truly Madly DeeplyRelease date: 2001-12-26; DVD
Price in other shops:
Song of LunchWarner; Release date: 2012-02-07; DVD
Best price: $8.53
Price in other shops:
Snow CakeGenius; Release date: 2007-09-11; DVD
Best price: $13.34
Price in other shops:
MesmerRelease date: 2011-06-01; Amazon Instant Video; Movie
Best price: $3.99