The central figure of this novel is the returning \'native\', Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye.
As character after character is driven to self-destruction, the presence of Egdon Heath becomes all-embracing, while Clym becomes a preacher..
The central figure of this novel is the returning \'native\', Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye