Two on a Tower (Everyman's Library) - Softcover

Hardy, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460877844 ISBN 13: 9780460877848

Publisher: Everyman, 1999

Synopsis

Two on a Tower Author: Thomas HardyTitle: Two on a Tower Publication: EverymanEdition: 2nd EDITIONDescription: Second Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Everyman, 1999. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new with slight toning to pages. Seller ID: 383070Subject: Literature

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Hardy was a poet and novelist of the naturalist movement. He trained as an architect. He was a religious man who was also deeply influenced by Darwin and fascinated by ghosts and spirits.
During his lifetime, he was best known for his novels. His stories combine nuanced description of natural surroundings with the sense of impending moral crisis. He claimed that poetry was his first love, though, and in recent years his poetry has received much critical acclaim.

From AudioFile

Although Two on a Tower is a minor Thomas Hardy work, minor Thomas Hardy is much worth a listener's time. In this novel, set in Wessex, the rich Lady Constantine lives a boring existence, also a chaste one, forced on her by an absent husband who may indeed be dead. But then she meets young Swithin, a naively ambitious astronomer, who shares with her his passion for the stars. Soon the two are passionate about each other, and the malevolent fate so often found in Hardy's novels begins to demand its seemingly inevitable retribution. A sad story, this, read perfectly by Michael Kitchen. He handles the major characters and the minor ones with careful distinction and sensi-tivity to their education and station, and is clearly sympathetic as Lady Constantine's few moments of happiness give way to tragedy. A first-rate reading of a truly fine novel, even if less well known than other Hardy works. T.H. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460877844
• ISBN 13: 9780460877848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256