Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Penguin English Library Two on a Tower (UK)
Penguin English Library Two on a Tower (UK) | Thomas Hardy
The Penguin English Library Edition of Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy'Then they proceeded to scan the sky, roving from planet to star, from single stars to double stars, from double to coloured stars...' Hardy's atmospheric, moving story of star-crossed lovers shows human beings at the mercy of forces far beyond their control, setting a tragic drama of human passion and conflict against a background of vast stellar space and scientific discovery. Two on a Tower tells the story of Lady Constantine, who breaks all the rules of decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful youth Swithin St Cleeve, her social inferior and ten years her junior. Together, in an ancient monument converted into an astronomical observation tower, they create their own private universe - until the pressures of the outside world threaten to destroy it. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
review
abookdragonsretreat
post image
Mehso-so

It was an okay book, but it was extremely slow going and not much happened overall. It was a nice romance but I struggled to put the two MCs together since they don't have much in common and it felt forced. The ending was expected but it contradicts the whole plot, which took meaning away from the story. A lot of the ideas are outdated. One positive is I really liked the focus on astronomy and the descriptions overall.

blurb
Hidie
Two on a tower | Thomas Hardy
post image

After 4 months, I can finally start a new book!

quote
catandmouse10
Two on a tower | Thomas Hardy
post image

"I will go away. Love dies, and it is just as well to strangle it in it's birth; it can only die once! I'll go."