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This fine novel sets in opposition two of Thomas Hardy’s most unforgettable creations: his heroine, the sensuous, free-spirited Eustacia Vye, and the solemn, majestic stretch of upland in Dorsetshire he called Egdon Heath. The famous opening reveals the haunting power of that dark, forbidding moor where proud Eustacia fervently awaits a clandestine meeting with her lover, Damon Wildeve. But Eustacia’s dreams of escape are not to be realized—neither...
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In Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native," the wild, untamed landscapes of Egdon Heath are a backdrop to human passions and desires. Eustacia Vye, disillusioned and dreaming of a larger life beyond, sees her chance in Clym Yeobright. But their love, marred by misunderstandings and societal pressures, unfolds into tragedy. Hardy weaves a tale of love, ambition, and destiny, challenging the constraints of society against the raw beauty of nature....
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In Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native Volume 2," the tempestuous landscape of Egdon Heath mirrors the tumult within its inhabitants. Eustacia Vye's restless yearning clashes with the return of Clym Yeobright, whose ambitions unravel amid personal tragedy. Amidst entangled fates, Hardy masterfully weaves themes of passion, disillusionment, and fate's inexorable pull. As relationships fracture and dreams dissipate, the heath stands as an enduring...
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In Egdon Heath, Thomas Hardy creates an otherworld consisting of the elements earth, wind, fire, and water, populated by a witch condemned by a pious woman's spell, a Christian ruled by pagan beliefs, an assortment of other odd characters, and the native of the title whose return precipitates a series of tragic events.
The Return of the Native is centered around Eustacia Vye, a beautiful outsider wrenched from the society she craves by orphanhood...
5) Ice Worlds
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The Arctic and Antarctic experience the most extreme seasons on Earth. Time-lapse cameras watch a colony of emperor penguins, transforming them into a single organism. The film reveals new science about the dynamics of emperor penguin behaviour. In the north, unique aerial images show a polar bear swimming more than 100km. Diving for up to two minutes at a time. The exhausted polar bear later attacks a herd of walrus in a true clash of the titans....
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Contributors: Abigail McCarthy, Alice R. Longsworth, Art Buchwald, Arthur M. Schlessenger, Jr., Barbara Howar, Ben Bradlee, David Brinkley, David McCullough, Dean Acheson, Drew Pearson, Robert S. Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Tully, Harry Truman, Henry Allen, Henry Kissinger, Isabel Anderson, Jack Anderson, Jack Valenti, James Thurber, John dos Passos, Jonathan Daniels, Lady Bird Johnson, Lilian R. Parks, Liz Carpenter, Merriman Smith, Michael K....