A. The Return of the Native
B. Desperate Remedies
C. A Pair of Blue
D. None of these
Submitted by: SHAKIL KAMBOH
His first novel manuscript, The Poor Man and the Lady (1867-68), was rejected by several publishers, but one editor, George Meredith encouraged him, and so Hardy set out to refine his style. A second story, Desperate Remedies (1871), was accepted and published.