The Return of the Native
E294704
The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Return of the Native canonical | 3 |
| The Return of the Native (1994 film) | 1 |
| The Return of the Native (television adaptations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2723072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return of the Native Context triple: [Thomas Hardy, notableWork, The Return of the Native]
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A.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
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B.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
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C.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot that tells the story of a reclusive weaver whose life is transformed by the arrival of an orphaned child.
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D.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede is a 1859 realist novel by George Eliot that portrays rural English life and moral dilemmas through the story of a principled carpenter and those around him.
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E.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a classic 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy that traces the tragic rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a flawed grain merchant in a fictional Wessex town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return of the Native Target entity description: The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
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A.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd is an 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the romantic and social entanglements of the independent Bathsheba Everdene in rural Victorian England.
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B.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a bleak Victorian novel by Thomas Hardy that follows the tragic life and thwarted ambitions of a working-class man striving for education and social mobility.
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C.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot that tells the story of a reclusive weaver whose life is transformed by the arrival of an orphaned child.
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D.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede is a 1859 realist novel by George Eliot that portrays rural English life and moral dilemmas through the story of a principled carpenter and those around him.
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E.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge is a classic 1886 novel by Thomas Hardy that traces the tragic rise and fall of Michael Henchard, a flawed grain merchant in a fictional Wessex town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between desire and duty
ⓘ
fate ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ marriage ⓘ passion ⓘ social constraint ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | rigid social class structure in Victorian England ⓘ |
| explores | conflict between rural tradition and modern aspirations ⓘ |
| featuresFictionalRegion |
Wessex
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Wessex
|
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | Belgravia magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublished |
Belgravia (magazine)
ⓘ
linked to:
Belgravia magazine
|
| followedBy | The Trumpet-Major ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian literature
ⓘ
realist novel ⓘ tragic novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Return of the Native (1994 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native (television adaptations) ⓘ
linked to:
The Return of the Native
|
| hasCharacter |
Diggory Venn
ⓘ
Mrs. Yeobright ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Clym Yeobright
ⓘ
Damon Wildeve ⓘ Eustacia Vye ⓘ Thomasin Yeobright ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
desire for escape
ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Egdon Heath ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Thomas Hardy's major novels ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative depiction of landscape
ⓘ
tragic plot ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Hand of Ethelberta ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1878 ⓘ |
| publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ |
| setting |
Egdon Heath
ⓘ
rural England ⓘ |
| structure | six books ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | 19th century ⓘ |
| tone | tragic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Return of the Native Description of subject: The Return of the Native is a classic 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy that explores passion, fate, and social constraint amid the bleak landscape of Egdon Heath in rural England.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Return of the Native
linked to: The Return of the Native