{"product_id":"the-return-of-the-native-by-thomas-hardy-9780140435184","title":"The Return of the Native","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Classics relaunch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Native\u003c\/i\u003e was written towards the beginning of Hardy's career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In this novel, Hardy's tragic vision is powerfully and narrowly focused on Egdon Heath and the men and women who live on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of the Heath and the impersonal and eternal forces it represents, the fates of Eustacia Vye, Diggory Venn, Clym Yeobright—the returning 'native'—and others are inexorably played out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46496254755052,"sku":"9780140435184","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27239613482237.jpg?v=1748495387","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-return-of-the-native-by-thomas-hardy-9780140435184","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}