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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 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Two on a Tower Author: Thomas Hardy Release Date: October 11, 2007 [eBook #3146] [Last updated: June 6, 2011] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWO ON A TOWER***
In Welland is situated a memorial tower in a prehistoric wilderness. The tower stands in between Welland House, where neglected wife Viviette Constantine lives, and Welland Bottom, the dwelling of young, orphaned aspiring astronomer Swithin St. Cleeve.
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- 1882
- Thomas Hardy
- Paperback
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.
15 de out. de 1998 · Two on a Tower. Thomas Hardy. Oxford University Press, USA, Oct 15, 1998 - Fiction - 315 pages. Published in 1882, his ninth novel, Two on a Tower is Hardy's most complete and...