Two on a Tower

Well, I am sad to say, but I am slowly winding up my summer of reading the literary works of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy. I recently finished Thomas Hardy's Two on a Tower, one of his more obscure novels. Two on a Tower was first serialized in the Atlantic Monthly and then published in book-form i......more

Thomas Hardy este unul dintre cei mai mari romancieri englezi cu multe opere celebre precum "The Mayor of Casterbridge", "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", "Life's little ironies", "A pair of blue eyes" sau "The Well-Beloved". El a pornit in viata ca arhitect studiind arhitectura gotica si fiind premiat p......more

Any TH novel subtitled “a romance” will, inevitably, end in tears, in copious buckets of tears cried for years and years, the buckets turning into wells, and the wells turning into lagoons. This nonromcom concerns Viviette Constantine, a monied woman who takes a liking to Swithin St Cleeve, an unmon......more

I did enjoy this, but it's not my favourite Hardy. It has some really interesting themes and quite an interesting central relationship, but I don't think the characters were as developed and the ending was quite odd. Hardy's writing is beautiful as always though.......more

My favourite Hardy's novel, hands down. It wasn't as good as Tess of the d'Urbervilles nor Far From the Madding Crowd but this one talked to my soul and I will never ever forget it.......more