Thomasin, in distress, ran after the reddleman's van and asked him to take her home. Earlier that day, Thomasin had planned to marry Damon Wildeve, a local innkeeper known for his fickleness however, an inconsistency in the marriage licence delayed the marriage. His passenger is a young woman named Thomasin Yeobright, whom Venn is taking home. Although his trade has stained him red from head to foot, underneath his devilish colouring he is a handsome, shrewd, well-meaning young man. Venn is a reddleman he travels the country supplying farmers with a red mineral called reddle (dialect term for red ochre) that farmers use to mark their sheep. When darkness falls, the country folk light bonfires on the surrounding hills, emphasising the pagan spirit of the heath and its denizens. The narrative begins on the evening of Guy Fawkes Night as Diggory Venn is slowly crossing the heath with his van, which is being drawn by ponies. "The novel takes place entirely in the environs of Egdon Heath, and, with the exception of the epilogue, Aftercourses, covers exactly a year and a day. Brown cloth boards with gilt decor and gilt edges. We have more books available by this author! 418 pp.
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