The return of the native
(2022)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Wilder Publications, Inc., 2022
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781515454779 (electronic bk.) MWT14875197, 1515454770 (electronic bk.) 14875197
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The novel takes place entirely in the environs of Egdon Heath, and, with the exception of the epilogue, covers exactly a year and a day. The narrative begins on the evening of Guy Fawkes Night as Diggory Venn drives slowly across the heath, carrying a hidden passenger in the back of his van. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the surrounding hills, emphasizing-not for the last time-the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens
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