《还乡》是英国著名作家托马斯·哈代创作的一部具有代表性的“性格与环境小说”，作品以英国西南部威塞克斯“一片苍茫万古如斯”的埃格敦荒原为背景，描写了五个青年男女不同的悲剧命运。其中的女主人公游苔莎是当代英国小说里被描写得最成功的几位女主人公之一，而故事发生的地点埃格敦荒原则是风景描写的典范。它是哈代的小说艺术开始走向成熟的重要标志，被认为是哈代的最好的一部小说。

本书是《还乡》是英语原著版。

英国小说家、诗人托马斯·哈代的长篇小说《还乡》讲述了这样一个故事：女主人公游苔莎高傲、耽于空想，她嫁给在巴黎当过钻石商店经理的青年克林·姚伯，希望他带着自己离开荒原，但未能如愿。在发生了一连串误会和不幸事件后，她在黑夜出走，失足溺水身亡。而姚伯回乡想为乡里谋福利，却得不到人们谅解与支持，最后做了传教士。《还乡》以男主人公回归故乡为契机展开，但女主人公游苔莎却是作家着墨更多的人物。由于她对繁华世界梦寐以求、对爱情婚姻朝秦暮楚，因此被视为轻浮虚荣女子的典型。她美丽聪颖，富有艺术气质，特立独行，勇于冒险和追求，同时又深怀运蹇命乖、遇人不淑的忧思和哀怨，荒原人视她为女巫，姚伯太太称她为坏女人，连克林·姚伯也以局限的眼光褒贬她；她明艳夺目，像女神般尊贵超凡，与利他、克己、圣者型的姚伯相比，游苔莎是利己、享乐的，是一尊具有凡人七情六欲的异教女神。她有“现代人”的烦恼、叛逆与追求，有对未来向往、追求、困惑和希望的幻灭。《还乡》反映了工业资本侵入农村宗法制社会后产生的种种矛盾。

    BOOK FIRST——THE THREE WOMEN

Chapter 1 A Face on Which Time Makes but Little Impression

Chapter 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene,Hand in Hand with Trouble

Chapter 3 The Custom of the Country

Chapter 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road

Chapter 5 Perplexity among Honest People

Chapter 6 The Figure against the Sky

Chapter 7 Queen of Night

Chapter 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody

Chapter 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy

Chapter 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion

Chapter 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman

    BOOK SECOND——THE ARRIVAL

Chapter 1 Tidings of the Comer

Chapter 2 The People at Blooms-End Make Ready

Chapter 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream

Chapter 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure

Chapter 5 Through the Moonlight

Chapter 6 The Two Stand Face to Face

Chapter 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness

Chapter 8 Firmness Is Discovered in a Gentle Heart

    BOOK THIRD——THE FASCINATION

Chapter 1 "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is"

Chapter 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment

Chapter 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama

Chapter 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness

Chapter 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues

Chapter 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete

Chapter 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day

Chapter 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current

    BOOK FOURTH——THE CLOSED DOOR

Chapter 1 The Rencounter by the Pool

Chapter 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song

Chapter 3 She Goes out to Battle against Depression

Chapter 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed

Chapter 5 The Journey across the Heath

Chapter 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian

Chapter 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends

Chapter 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune,and Beholds Evil

    BOOK FIFTH——THE DISCOVERY

Chapter 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"

Chapter 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding

Chapter 3 Eustacia Dresses Herself on a Black Morning

Chapter 4 The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One

Chapter 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated

Chapter 6 ThomasinArgues with Her Cousin,and He Writes a Letter

Chapter 7 The Night of the Sixth of November

Chapter 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers

Chapter 9 Sights and Sounds Drawthe Wanderers Together

    BOOK SIXTH——AFTERCOURSES

Chapter 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward

Chapter 2 Thomasin Walks in a Green Place by the Roman Road

Chapter 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin

Chapter 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Ciym Finds His Vocation