Two on a Tower

Thomas Hardy, Sally Shuttleworth, Sally Shuttleworth , Sally Shuttleworth

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English

Penguin Classics
13 January 2000

New edition returns to the 1882 first edition of Hardy's text

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.

By: Thomas Hardy
Preface by: Patricia Ingham
Notes by: Sally Shuttleworth
Introduction by: Sally Shuttleworth
Edited by: Sally Shuttleworth
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 247g
ISBN: 9780140435368
ISBN 10: 0140435360
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 13 January 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born and educated in Dorchester. He embarked on a career in architecture which he was able to give up with the increasing success of his novels. He published sixteen novels, as well as many short stories and poems. After the hostile reaction to JUDE THE OBSCURE in 1895, he stopped writing fiction to concentrate on poetry. Sally Shuttleworth is a Lecturer in English at the University of Sheffield. She has written a book on George Eliot and 19th-century science.