Faith and infidelity

Thanks Prasan for the book…….I loved the book you presented to me….Thomas Hardy’s “Return of the Native”…..though I love reading, my lazy and stingy self wouldn’t have taken the trouble to buy this book…. I finally finished reading it yesterday and still it seems that I am also one of the inhabitants of Egdon heath of Wessex countryside which forms the setting of the novel. The novel tells us about the disastrous consequences of irrational and impulsive mindset, how free-spiritedness can sometimes be so self -centric. It is a tragedy that shocks us in the end when Eustacia and Damon Wildeve lose their lives, the inclement weather in the heath and the darkness are the characteristics of an inauspicious hour…..Eustacia Vye’s beauty and spirit seems to be designed to destroy lives. Just as I finished reading the book I looked out  of the window and noticed a bonfire made by our Security guard on the unkempt-wild-land beyond our house. I could almost see there the silhoutte of a tall, slim woman in a gown, rambling around in a restless manner…..Eustacia Vye waiting for Wildeve….