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Classic Love Stories

Two on a Tower

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Thomas Hardy's Two on a Tower is a classic romance novel. It deals with Adultery, social classes and astronomical observatories.

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About Two on a Tower

"Two on a Tower" by Thomas Hardy is a novel published in 1882. Set in Victorian Dorset, it tells the story of Lady Constantine, an unhappily married aristocrat who falls in love with Swithin St. Cleeve, an astronomer ten years younger. Their forbidden romance unfolds against the vast backdrop of the stellar universe, exploring themes of class divide, age difference, and scientific fascination. Hardy sets their emotional lives against the immensity of the cosmos in this controversial tale that defied Victorian social norms.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Adultery
  • Didactic fiction
  • Love stories
  • Social classes
  • Wessex, England
  • Astronomical observatories

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Who wrote Two on a Tower?

Two on a Tower was written by Thomas Hardy.

What genre is Two on a Tower?

It is usually shelved as Classic Love Stories.

Is Two on a Tower free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of Two on a Tower?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 9 h 15 min.

What books are similar to Two on a Tower?

Readers who like it often enjoy Anna Karenina, Sense and Sensibility and Middlemarch.

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