Книга: Hardy Th. «Two on a Tower»
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This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of" Two on a Tower" by Thomas Hardy.'Then they proceeded to scan the sky, roving from planet to star, from single stars to double stars, from double to coloured stars...'. Hardy's atmospheric, moving story of star-crossed lovers shows human beings at the mercy of forces far beyond their control, setting a tragic drama of human passion and conflict against a background of vast stellar space and scientific discovery." Two on a Tower" tells the story of Lady Constantine, who breaks all the rules of decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful youth Swithin St Cleeve, her social inferior and ten years her junior. Together, in an ancient monument converted into an astronomical observation tower, they create their own private universe - until the pressures of the outside world threaten to destroy it." The Penguin English Library" contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to... Формат: Мягкая бумажная, стр.
ISBN: 9780141199436 |
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