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Two on a Tower: A Romance (1882) is a novel by English author Thomas Hardy, classified by him as a romance and fantasy. It is regarded as one of his minor works. It is one of Hardy's Wessex novels, set in late Victorian Dorset .
- Thomas Hardy
- United Kingdom
- 1882
- Novel
31 de jan. de 2024 · A novel about the love story of a land-owner's wife and an astronomer who uses her tower as an observatory, set against the background of the stars. Hardy's aim was to show the contrast between the emotional and the physical, but the novel suffered from confusion, melodrama and abandonment of the astronomical descriptions.
11 de out. de 2007 · The scene of the action was suggested by two real spots in the part of the country specified, each of which has a column standing upon it. Certain surrounding peculiarities have been imported into the narrative from both sites. T. H. July 1895. TWO ON A TOWER. I
Two on a Tower – plot synopsis. I. Lady Constantine explores the memorial tower on her husband’s estate She meets the beautiful young man Swithin St Cleve who is studying astronomy. II. Members of the local choir assemble for practice at Grandma Martin’s house. Tabitha Lark reports on Lady Constantine’s listlessness.
26 de mai. de 2010 · Two on a tower : Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (1 of 354)
18 de mai. de 2008 · Thomas Hardy. Publication date. 1882. Publisher. Macmillan. Collection. europeanlibraries. Book from the collections of. Oxford University. Language. English. Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Addeddate. 2008-05-18 14:55:52. Copyright-region. US. Identifier.
Two on a Tower was written hastily at Wimbourne for serial publication in the U.S. in The Atlantic Monthly where it appeared from May to December 1882. The first edition in book form was published by Sampson Low in October 1882. Although reviews were generally poor, Hardy noted that critics privately assured him of the novel's merit.
