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The Return of the Native published in 1878 is an important work of Thomas Hardy (1840- 1928). Hardy, 19, a great English novelist at the end of the 9th century and a great poet at the beginning of the 20th century, has always been familiar and appreciated by readers in China. His novels and poems, such as Tess of the D 'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Three Wonders, The King, etc. Since the 1920s and 1930s, it has been introduced to China through Chinese translation. In his creative career, Hardy consciously pursued the proposition that literature "reflects life, exposes life and criticizes life". At the same time, consciously explore and innovate in art, and The Return of the Native is the embodiment of this dual consciousness in Hardy's creation.
① Quoted from Hardy: Truth and frankness in English novels (1890).
Hardy classified his works when he reviewed his whole novel creation process after entering the 20th century. The most important one is called "Character and Environment Novel", whose main purpose is to reflect the life content of the conflict between people and environment (including natural environment and social environment) in real life. This is the result of Hardy's acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution and its infiltration into novel creation. /kloc-evolution in the 0/9th century ...
It should be the whole book.