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Title: The Return of Adolescence: Eustacia's Refusal to Grow Up
Review: The novel deals with modern day issues and concerns in a 19th century european-heath setting. Native, has some interesting events and characters, but the setting description is too verbose. While the main characters are together, Hardy neglects all "love" human emotions. Eustacia loves Paris, no man. Hardy does not focus on the inner, only the outer side of life. Hardy neglects some of the characters such as thomasin and the reddleman, leaving us to think "who were they?" Just skip the first couple chapters and read "Return of the Native"
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