Two on a Tower: An Astronomical Romance
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 60 full-page plates by John Constable, J. M. W. Turner and George Richmond. A young astronomer works from a column on a hill; the lady of the manor, ten years older and married to an absent husband, climbs it to see the stars. Hardy set out to make the emotions of two people small against the interstellar distances, and reviewers called it improper and an insult to the Church. It is the least read of his Wessex novels and the tenderest. Sixty plates of evening landscapes and coast scenes by painters including Constable and George Richmond carry the novel's quiet, star-lit mood.
Complete and unabridged, with 60 full-page plates by John Constable, J. M. W. Turner and George Richmond. A young astronomer works from a column on a hill; the lady of the manor, ten years older and married to an absent husband, climbs it to see the stars. Hardy set out to make the emotions of tw...
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Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) was an English novelist and poet. Born in Dorset, he worked as an architect in London before returning to the region to write, setting much of his fiction in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. His works include A Pair of Blue Eyes, The Woodlanders, Under the Greenwood Tree, and the story collections Wessex Tales and Life's Little Ironies.
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) was an English novelist and poet. Born in Dorset, he worked as an architect in London before returning to the region to write, setting much of his fiction in the semi-fictional region of Wessex. His works include A Pair of Blue Eyes, The Woodlanders, Under the Greenwood T...
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