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Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

17 h 35 min · 49 chapters · read by 7 LibriVox volunteers

On Egdon Heath, a wild stretch of Wessex, the restless Eustacia Vye longs to escape to Paris. When Clym Yeobright returns from that city meaning to stay, she marries him, hoping to change his mind. Thomas Hardy's 1878 novel of passion and the land that outlasts it.

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17 h 35 min
at normal speed
14 h 4 min
at 1.25×
11 h 44 min
at 1.5×

Chapters

  1. Preface2:30
  2. Book 1 – 0113:00
  3. Book 1 – 0216:40
  4. Book 1 – 0353:01
  5. Book 1 – 0412:15
  6. Book 1 – 0531:26
  7. Book 1 – 0637:09
  8. Book 1 – 0716:44
  9. Book 1 – 0812:28
  10. Book 1 – 0926:30
  11. Book 1 – 1024:53
  12. Book 1 – 1122:26
  13. Book 2 – 0112:18
  14. Book 2 – 0211:54
  15. Book 2 – 0313:36
  16. Book 2 – 0426:11
  17. Book 2 – 0517:25
  18. Book 2 – 0626:35
  19. Book 2 – 0721:52
  20. Book 2 – 0825:29
  21. Book 3 – 0113:33
  22. Book 3 – 0222:58
  23. Book 3 – 0336:46
  24. Book 3 – 0420:45
  25. Book 3 – 0515:21
  26. Book 3 – 0619:25
  27. Book 3 – 0735:39
  28. Book 3 – 0819:04
  29. Book 4 – 0118:05
  30. Book 4 – 0226:55
  31. Book 4 – 0333:04
  32. Book 4 – 0419:51
  33. Book 4 – 0512:49
  34. Book 4 – 0627:05
  35. Book 4 – 0720:50
  36. Book 4 – 0821:35
  37. Book 5 – 0121:24
  38. Book 5 – 0225:20
  39. Book 5 – 0321:30
  40. Book 5 – 0413:40
  41. Book 5 – 0517:55
  42. Book 5 – 0618:03
  43. Book 5 – 0723:10
  44. Book 5 – 0826:04
  45. Book 5 – 0928:49
  46. Book 6 – 0123:11
  47. Book 6 – 028:34
  48. Book 6 – 0314:22
  49. Book 6 – 0425:13

Read by Betsie Bush, Chip, David Barnes, Gesine, Graham Williams, Katy Preston, Marlo Dianne.

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