托马斯·哈代是19世纪末20世纪初英国著名作家,其“性格与环境小说”是他现实主义创作的最高成就,他的小说多以英国西南部威塞克斯广大的农村地区为背景,因此被誉为英国最杰出的乡土小说家。环境描写在其小说中占有重要的地位,突出表现在他的《还乡》中。《还乡》中对自然环境的描写,寓意丰富深刻,牵动命运的爱敦荒原更是神秘莫测。 Thomas Hardy is a famous British writer at the end of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century. His “Novels of Character and Environment” is the highest accomplishment of his realistic writing. His novels are mostly based on the vast rural areas of Wessex in the southwestern England, Therefore known as Britain’s most outstanding native novelist. Environmental description occupies an important position in his novels, which is highlighted in his “returning home”. The description of the natural environment in Return of the Native Land, the rich and profound implication, and the fate of Lovetown, is even more mysterious.