
Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)
- Genres: General fiction
- Languages: English
- Provider: Librivox
- Price: $0.00
- Rating:
Clym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a "love pentagon" which includes: his cousin, Thomasin Yeobright; the shadowy inn-keeper, Damon Wildeve; the controversial and romantic Eustacia Vye; and the mysterious reddleman, Diggory Venn, whose skin is stained completely red from his work. This work has all the well-known marks of Thomas Hardy: the Wessex landscape, a choice of lovers, a wedding gone wrong, a particularly shy 30-something man, and a woman with an independent spirit. But, The Return of the Native is unique in its pagan undertones - the first five books take place over a year and a day, starting on All Hallow's Eve, and hints of magic and witchcraft. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
Characters:
Narrator: Bob Neufeld [http://librivox.org/reader/3912]
Clym Yeobright: Tadhg [http://librivox.org/reader/4344]
Eustacia Vye: Amanda Friday [http://librivox.org/reader/6544]
Damon Wildeve: Chris Cartwright [http://librivox.org/reader/8466]
Thomasin Yeobright: Rapunzelina [http://librivox.org/reader/6924]
Diggory Venn: Chuck Williamson [http://librivox.org/reader/7079]
Mrs. Yeobright: Michele Eaton [http://librivox.org/reader/7026]
Grandfer Cantle and "Saint George": alanmapstone [http://librivox.org/reader/7170]
Timothy Fairway: tovarisch [http://librivox.org/reader/8169]
Humphrey, Bonfire Boy, Party Guest, Raffle Woman, Inn Girl and Rachel: Elizabeth Klett [http://librivox.org/reader/1259]
Olly Dowden and Charley: Charlotte Duckett [http://librivox.org/reader/7315]
Susan Nunsuch: Beth Thomas [http://librivox.org/reader/6281]
Christian Cantle: TriciaG [http://librivox.org/reader/3157]
Sam: ToddHW [http://librivox.org/reader/6754]
Captain Vye,"Doctor", Driver, and Pedlar: Patti Cunningham [http://librivox.org/reader/4145]
Johnny Nunsuch: CaprishaPage [http://librivox.org/reader/7138]
Vye Servant and"Saracen": Libby Gohn [http://librivox.org/reader/7679]
"Father Christmas": David Olson [http://librivox.org/reader/6065]
"Valiant Soldier": Kristingj [http://librivox.org/reader/6548]
Chapman and Surgeon: Karen Savage [http://librivox.org/reader/103]
Nurse: Availle [http://librivox.org/reader/4174]
