Two on a Tower
by:
Thomas Hardy (author)
Two On A Tower (1882) is a tale of star-crossed love in which Hardy sets the emotional lives of his two lovers against the background of the stellar universe. The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St. Cleeve, an...
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Two On A Tower (1882) is a tale of star-crossed love in which Hardy sets the emotional lives of his two lovers against the background of the stellar universe. The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St. Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart. This is Hardy's most complete treatment of the theme of love across the class and age divide and the fullest expression of his fascination with science and astronomy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192836410 (0192836412)
Publish date: January 28th 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 315
Edition language: English
This is one of Hardy's most obscure books and rightfully so. It is a book for the dedicated Hardy fan. I think that everything that Hardy ever wrote is worth reading and this book is certainly that. It is a doomed romance with an element of comedy set against a celestial back drop. The end about...
bookshelves: spring-2014, radio-4x, published-1882, victorian Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from May 10 to 16, 2014 Classic Serial http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m5sr5 "Ah, my heart her eyes and sheHave taught thee new astrology.Howe'er Love's native hours were set,Whatever star...
I have to agree with many other reviewers: this was not one of Hardy's best. One of Hardy's favorite themes was exploring the social roles of women. While he succeeded in Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd, I feel he quite missed the mark in Two on a Tower, It is the story ...
Thomas Hardy said that he wrote this novel “to set the emotional history of two infinitesimal lives against the stupendous background of the stellar universe…” To begin the tale, a woman decides to investigate a tower and meets a young astronomer there who introduces her to the wonders of the night ...
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