দ্য রিটার্ন অভ দ্য নেটিভ(পেপারব্যাক)

A book on this order has not come to me by way of my own choosing, but as the memory of a young girl I used to love. She herself represented that the tale was timely and realistic, and in its realism you can be sure that it is. I suppose my last discovery on this order was when I read Dickens' "The Old Curiosity Shop," which is interesting in that I now go to read Charles Dickens once more. I am tracing the chapter of my life in which a sad man is demeaned by the loss of a close friend. Though I despair, I mean not to sermonize here, or to reflect on death - but only to remind you that the loss is great, and tragic. This book features similar scenes of one alive and in the prime of one's life, suddenly brought to die amid confusion and chaos. But it is done in such a good way as to bring this man to tears, at the end. This is my second book by Thomas Hardy and it is the best, although "The Mayor of Casterbridge" is unparalleled in a sense. I don't believe in mixing or comparing the two, at all, you see, but to view them as twin fires burning brightly to the eyes. Take it all in, and I promise that you will be satisfied. Love on in your lives, remember that love is the chief place of the heart while we are living. I love my friend and bequeathe you this book, to read or not, as you may. Welcome to a new beginning, as the past chapter of my life is closed. The book of my life goes on!