Return of the Native (Webster's Thesaurus Edition)

573 Pages·2006·4.4 MB·English

by  Thomas Hardy

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

Thomas Hardy

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Return of the Native

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

Thomas Hardy

PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither
sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a
registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses
this product. All rights reserved.
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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1

PREFACE..........................................................................................................................3

BOOK ONE THE THREE WOMEN.....................................................................................5

1 A FACE ON WHICH TIME MAKES BUT LITTLE IMPRESSION..................................................7

2 HUMANITY APPEARS UPON THE SCENE, HAND IN HAND WITH TROUBLE.................13

3 THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY...................................................................................................21

4 THE HALT ON THE TURNPIKE ROAD...........................................................................................43

5 PERPLEXITY AMONG HONEST PEOPLE.......................................................................................49

6 THE FIGURE AGAINST THE SKY.....................................................................................................63

7 QUEEN OF NIGHT................................................................................................................................79

8 THOSE WHO ARE FOUND WHERE THERE IS SAID TO BE NOBODY...................................87

9 LOVE LEADS A SHREWD MAN INTO STRATEGY......................................................................93

10 A DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT PERSUASION..............................................................................105

11 THE DISHONESTY OF AN HONEST WOMAN.........................................................................115

BOOK TWO THE ARRIVAL...........................................................................................125

1 TIDINGS OF THE COMER.................................................................................................................127

2 THE PEOPLE AT BLOOMS-END MAKE READY.........................................................................133

3 HOW A LITTLE SOUND PRODUCED A GREAT DREAM........................................................139

4 EUSTACIA IS LED ON TO AN ADVENTURE..............................................................................145

5 THROUGH THE MOONLIGHT.......................................................................................................157

6 THE TWO STAND FACE TO FACE.................................................................................................165

7 A COALITION BETWEEN BEAUTY AND ODDNESS................................................................177

8 FIRMNESS IS DISCOVERED IN A GENTLE HEART...................................................................187

BOOK THREE THE FASCINATION................................................................................199

1 "MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS"...............................................................................................201

2 THE NEW COURSE CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT......................................................................207

3 THE FIRST ACT IN A TIMEWORN DRAMA................................................................................217

4 AN HOUR OF BLISS AND MANY HOURS OF SADNESS.........................................................233

5 SHARP WORDS ARE SPOKEN, AND A CRISIS ENSUES..........................................................243

6 YEOBRIGHT GOES, AND THE BREACH IS COMPLETE...........................................................251

7 THE MORNING AND THE EVENING OF A DAY......................................................................259
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BOOK FOUR THE CLOSED DOOR...............................................................................281

1 THE RENCOUNTER BY THE POOL...............................................................................................283

2 HE IS SET UPON BY ADVERSITIES BUT HE SINGS A SONG..................................................291

3 SHE GOES OUT TO BATTLE AGAINST DEPRESSION..............................................................303

4 ROUGH COERCION IS EMPLOYED...............................................................................................317

5 THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE HEATH...........................................................................................325

6 A CONJUNCTURE, AND ITS RESULT UPON THE PEDESTRIAN..........................................331

7 THE TRAGIC MEETING OF TWO OLD FRIENDS.......................................................................343

8 EUSTACIA HEARS OF GOOD FORTUNE, AND BEHOLDS EVIL...........................................351

BOOK FIVE THE DISCOVERY......................................................................................361

1 "WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY".............................................363

2 A LURID LIGHT BREAKS IN UPON A DARKENED UNDERSTANDING............................371

3 EUSTACIA DRESSES HERSELF ON A BLACK MORNING.......................................................383

4 THE MINISTRATIONS OF A HALF-FORGOTTEN ONE............................................................393

5 AN OLD MOVE INADVERTENTLY REPEATED.........................................................................399

6 THOMASIN ARGUES WITH HER COUSIN, AND HE WRITES A LETTER...........................407

7 THE NIGHT OF THE SIXTH OF NOVEMBER...............................................................................415

8 RAIN, DARKNESS, AND ANXIOUS WANDERERS....................................................................425

9 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS DRAW THE WANDERERS TOGETHER............................................437

BOOK SIX AFTERCOURSES.........................................................................................449

1 THE INEVITABLE MOVEMENT ONWARD.................................................................................451

2 THOMASIN WALKS IN A GREEN PLACE BY THE ROMAN ROAD.....................................461

3 THE SERIOUS DISCOURSE OF CLYM WITH HIS COUSIN......................................................465
4 CHEERFULNESS AGAIN ASSERTS ITSELF AT BLOOMS-END, AND CLYM FINDS HIS

VOCATION...............................................................................................................................................471

GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................483
Thomas Hardy 1

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy was edited for students who are actively building
their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®,
LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1

Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.

Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

The Editor
Webster’s Online Dictionary
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
1 P S A T ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which neither
sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a
registered trademark of the Law School Admissions Council which neither sponsors nor endorses
this product. All rights reserved.

Thomas Hardy 3

PREFACE

The date at which the following events are assumed to have occurred may be set
down as between 1840 and 1850, when the old watering place herein called
"Budmouth" still retained sufficient afterglow from its Georgian gaiety and
prestige to lend it an absorbing attractiveness to the romantic and imaginative
soul of a lonely dweller inland.
Under the general name of "Egdon Heath," which has been given to the
sombre scene of the story, are united or typified heaths of various real names, to
the number of at least a dozen; these being virtually one in character and aspect,
though their original unity, or partial unity, is now somewhat disguised by
intrusive strips and slices brought under the plough with varying degrees of
success, or planted to woodland.
It is pleasant to dream that some spot in the extensive tract whose
southwestern quarter is here described, may be the heath of that traditionary
King of Wessex--Lear.
July, 1895.

"To sorrow
I bade good morrow,
And thought to leave her far away behind;

But cheerly, cheerly,
She loves me dearly;
She is so constant to me, and so kind.

I would deceive her,
And so leave her,
But ah! she is so constant and so kind."

Thomas Hardy 5

BOOK ONE

THE THREE WOMEN