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Question: From what point of view is Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native" being told from !?
I don't believe that it is being told from the first person, but the third person!.!.!.what i definitely don't know is if it being told from the omniscient, limited omniscient, or objective!.
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That book is written in the style called 'limited omniscient!.' For a good description of what that is, I'll quote 'enotes' directly, the parts that are applicable:

"This novel is told from the 3rd person POV {point of view}!.!.!.!. However, the narrative is not omniscient!.!.!. the narrator looks at the story unfolding from different POVs, but when it settles on any particular viewpoint it stays consistent, if only for a short amount of time!. When new information is introduced into the story, that information is initially understood only in terms of the narrative POV at the time!.!.!.!."

It goes on to say that is called 'limited omniscient!.'

You can follow the link yourself and maybe be able to read this much about the 'Style' {you see that in a list of things to read about the book on the right} of Return of the Native, though membership is required in a lot of cases to get at all the info!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com