The novel 'The Return of the Native' is set on -

The Return of the Native, novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1878. The novel is set on Egdon Heath, a fictional barren moor in Wessex in southwestern England.
Some important characters of this novel are- Eustacia Vye, Clym Yeobright, Damon Wildeve, Captain Vye, Susan.
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