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  1. In Hardy's original conception, Venn retains his weird reddleman's character, while Thomasin lives out her days as a widow. Hardy's choice of themes—sexual politics, thwarted desire, and the conflicting demands of nature and society—makes this a truly modern novel.

  2. Diggory Venn, fictional character, a reddleman (someone who delivers the red dye that farmers use to mark their sheep) who figures in Thomas Hardys novel The Return of the Native (1878). This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper .

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  3. The Return of the Native opens with Venn, a reddleman, transporting Thomasin Yeobright back to Egdon Heath. Thomasin is upset because she was supposed to wed Damon Wildeve earlier that day but couldn’t due to an issue with her marriage license.

  4. Diggory Venn (The Reddleman) Diggory Venn is a reddleman (a peddler of red dye for sheep) who is in love with Thomasin Yeobright . Previously a dairy farmer, Venn became a reddleman after Thomasin rejected his marriage proposal sometime…

  5. Diggory Venn is a reddleman (a peddler of red dye for sheep) who is in love with Thomasin Yeobright. Previously a dairy farmer, Venn became a reddleman after Thomasin rejected his marriage proposal sometime before the events of the novel take place.

  6. A short summary of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Return of the Native.

  7. Thomas Hardys novel The Return of the Native was published serially in Belgravia magazine in 1878. Its setting, the formidable and unforgiving Egdon Heath, is based on the Wessex region of England where Hardy was born. Hardy provides a map that gives the locations that his love- and grief-driven characters visit as the story unfolds.