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TWO ON A TOWER

by | Read by Michael Kitchen

Classics • 9.8 hrs. • Unabridged • © 1882

Although Two on a Tower is a minor Thomas Hardy work, minor Thomas Hardy is much worth a listener's time. In this novel, set in Wessex, the rich Lady Constantine lives a boring existence, also a chaste one, forced on her by an absent husband who may indeed be dead. But then she meets young Swithin, a naively ambitious astronomer, who shares with her his passion for the stars. Soon the two are passionate about each other, and the malevolent fate so often found in Hardy's novels begins to demand its seemingly inevitable retribution. A sad story, this, read perfectly by Michael Kitchen. He handles the major characters and the minor ones with careful distinction and sensi-tivity to their education and station, and is clearly sympathetic as Lady Constantine's few moments of happiness give way to tragedy. A first-rate reading of a truly fine novel, even if less well known than other Hardy works. T.H. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/MAR 01]

Book pak • BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers • 1999

CS ISBN 0754003116 $69.95 • Eight cassettes

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Book pak • BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers • 1999

CS ISBN 0754003116 $69.95 • Eight cassettes

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