Clym Yeobright

Clym Yeobright, fictional character, an idealistic young man who returns from a stay in Paris to his home on England’s Egdon Heath, in Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native (1878).

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Article Title: Clym Yeobright
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 22 January 2019
Access Date: February 22, 2025