●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
●部分目錄
英國小說家、詩人托馬斯？哈代的長篇小說《還鄉》講述了這樣一個故事：女主人公遊苔莎高傲、耽於空想，她嫁給在巴黎當過鑽石商店經理的青年林？姚伯，希望他帶著自己離開荒原，但未能如願。在發生了一連串誤會和不幸事件後，她在黑夜出走，失足溺水身亡。而姚伯回鄉想為鄉裡謀福利，卻得不到人們諒解與支持，很後做了傳教士。《還鄉》以男主人公回歸故鄉為契機展開，但女主人公遊苔莎卻是作家著墨更多的人物。由於她對繁華世界夢寐以求、對愛情婚姻朝秦暮楚，因此被視為輕浮虛榮女子的典型。她美麗聰穎，富有藝術氣質，特立獨行，勇於冒險和追求，同時又深懷運蹇命乖、遇人不淑的憂思和哀怨，荒原人視她為女巫，姚伯太太稱她為壞女人，連林？姚伯也以局限的眼光褒貶她；她明艷奪目，像女神般尊貴超凡，與利他、己、聖者型的姚伯相比，遊苔莎是利己、享樂的，是一尊具有凡人七情六欲的異教女神。她有“現代人”的煩惱、叛逆與追求，有對未來向往、追求、困惑和希等
