Two on a Tower - Couverture souple

Hardy, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140435360 ISBN 13 : 9780140435368

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset in 1840 and became an apprentice architect at the age of sixteen. He spent his twenties in London, where he wrote his first poems. In 1867 Hardy returned to his native Dorset, whose rugged landscape was a great source of inspiration for his writing. Between 1871 and 1897 he wrote fourteen novels, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. This final work was received savagely; thereafter Hardy turned away from novels and spent the last thirty year of his life focusing on poetry. He died in 1928.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140435360
• ISBN 13: 9780140435368
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Shuttleworth Sally
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible