Author: Thomas Hardy
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Languages : en
Pages : 344
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The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse: Two on a tower
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Two on a Tower
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192836412
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Published in 1882, his ninth novel, Two on a Tower is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers. The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition. This is the first critical edition of Two on a Tower. Based on a study of the manuscript and Hardy's revised printed versions, it presents a text in which many variants make their appearance in print for the first time. - ;Published in 1882, his ninth novel, Two on a Tower is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers. The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition. This is the first critical edition of Two on a Tower. Based on a study of the manuscript and Hardy's revised printed versions, it presents a text in which many variants make their appearance in print for the first time. -
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0192836412
Category : Adultery
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Published in 1882, his ninth novel, Two on a Tower is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers. The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition. This is the first critical edition of Two on a Tower. Based on a study of the manuscript and Hardy's revised printed versions, it presents a text in which many variants make their appearance in print for the first time. - ;Published in 1882, his ninth novel, Two on a Tower is Hardy's most complete and daring treatment of the theme of love between characters of different classes and ages. Viviette, the married lady of the manor, is nine years older than Swithin St Cleve, the 20-year old `Adonis-astronomer', a `lad of striking beauty, scientific attainments, and cultivated bearing', the orphaned son of a curate who married the daughter of a family of farmers. The story of their love, both complex and remarkable, involves adultery and accidental polygamy. On publication some reviewers considered the novel to be immoral, and one suggested that the treatment of the Bishop of Melchester might be regarded as a `studied and gratuitous insult aimed at the Church'. This sensational tale is informed throughout by the astronomical images and reflections which were preoccupying Hardy at the time of the book's composition. This is the first critical edition of Two on a Tower. Based on a study of the manuscript and Hardy's revised printed versions, it presents a text in which many variants make their appearance in print for the first time. -
Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe
Author: Pamela Gossin
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754603368
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In the first book-length study of astronomy in Hardy's writing, historian of science and literary scholar Pamela Gossin offers complex and inspired readings of seven novels that enrich previous Darwinian, feminist and formalist perspectives on his work. S
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754603368
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In the first book-length study of astronomy in Hardy's writing, historian of science and literary scholar Pamela Gossin offers complex and inspired readings of seven novels that enrich previous Darwinian, feminist and formalist perspectives on his work. S
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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A Pair of Blue Eyes
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Wessex Poems and Other Verses
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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A Commentary on the Poems of Thomas Hardy
Author: F. B. Pinion
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349025097
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349025097
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Wessex Tales
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Category : Wessex (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : Wessex (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Under the greenwood tree
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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