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A bored lady climbs a lonely column and finds a boy of twenty who studies the sun and dreams of fame.
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塔の上の二人の概要
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- 88,500語
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- 初版刊行年
- 1882by トマス・ハーディ
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塔の上の二人 in short
Two on a Tower follows a lonely noblewoman and a young astronomer who meet on a column in Wessex. Their talk of stars leads to gifts, a hidden marriage and secret meetings, while a bishop, a brother and a chorus of villagers circle around them. Every kindness has a price, and every secret has a witness somewhere in the trees.
What 塔の上の二人 is about
A lady in a carriage keeps looking at a tall column on a wooded hill. Her coachman cannot cross the plowed field, and weeks pass. When she finally climbs the column, she finds a young man on the roof with a telescope, watching a storm on the sun. He does not even turn his head. He only waves her away, as if she were a cloud in his light.
Two on a Tower is a novel by Thomas Hardy, set in Wessex. Hardy says he wanted to set the immensity of the cosmos against the feelings of two small people. You get a love story, village comedy and tense secrets, all beginning at an old column in a ring of fir trees.
対象読者. You will love this book if you enjoy Victorian romance with a touch of science, village comedy, secret meetings by lantern light, and big questions about how small our lives look beneath the stars.
The story in 7 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A lonely lady finds a young stargazer
Lady Constantine rides past a tall column on a hill planted with fir trees. It was built in memory of her husband's great-grandfather. She has lived within a mile of it for five years and never gone near.
Her husband, Sir Blount, is away hunting lions in Africa, and she is crushed by boredom. One dry February day she has her coachman drive across the plowed field and walks up through the dark trees alone. On the flat roof she finds a fair haired young man with a large telescope. He waves her away without turning his head.
He is watching a cyclone in the sun. He is Swithin St. Cleeve, grandson of a farmer's widow, and he means to become Astronomer Royal. He offers to rent the column, and she agrees to let him stay in the name of science.
Swithin lives in a thatched house with his grandmother and an old servant named Hannah. When the church choir practices, the farm workers argue with the parson about notes and pitch, and they give the book a chorus of country voices. They also know that Lady Constantine is neither maid, wife nor widow, since no word has come from her husband for two years. She tells the parson of a promise to live like a nun while he is gone, and he says a vow must be kept.
Takeaway: a chance meeting on a hilltop gives two lonely people a reason to look up.
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The vast sky and a broken lens
One night Lady Constantine slips out and climbs the column again.
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Fame lost, illness and a comet
With the new instrument Swithin believes he has solved the puzzle of variable stars.
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Love wakes, a storm and a hidden fortune
Mr. Torkingham brings news that Sir Blount died of fever in Africa, and Lady Constantine has been a widow for eighteen months.
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Secrets in the cabin and a ghost in a fur coat
To hide the red mark on her face from Louis, the couple go by night to the cabin at the foot of the column.
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A bishop, a bracelet and a watching brother
The confirmation day arrives in May, and a new bishop, Dr. Helmsdale, comes to Welland.
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Small lives against a large sky
Hardy built the whole book on one contrast.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Lady Constantine (Viviette) A lonely, warm-hearted lady of the manor, bound by a vow to her absent husband, who longs for something to care for.
- Swithin St. Cleeve A fair-haired young astronomer of twenty who lives for the stars and dreams of being Astronomer Royal.
- Mrs. Martin Swithin's eighty-year-old grandmother, a farmer's widow, who looks after him and clings to old country ways.
- Mr. Torkingham The kindly parson of Welland, who teaches the choir and tries to find a bright side in everything.
- Louis Glanville Lady Constantine's cynical brother, who wants her to marry for money and watches her closely.
- Bishop Helmsdale A dark, dignified bishop who knew Swithin's father and grows fond of Lady Constantine.
- Tabitha Lark The village organist and reader, lively and quick, who wants a career in music.
- Sir Blount Constantine Lady Constantine's jealous husband, who has gone to Africa to hunt lions and has not been heard from.
How it ends (spoiler)
Swithin finishes his work at the Cape and returns after learning that the widowed Viviette has moved back to Welland with her young son. Months after learning of the Bishop's death, he returns to Welland and eventually seeks out Viviette. He finally says he has come to marry her, and she is overjoyed, but the sudden joy after long despair is too much for her weakened heart, and she dies in his arms on the tower.
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『塔の上の二人』についての質問
What is Two on a Tower about?
It tells of Lady Constantine, a lonely noblewoman, and Swithin St. Cleeve, a young astronomer who uses an old column as his observatory. Their friendship becomes a secret love, set against the vast and indifferent heavens.
Who wrote Two on a Tower and when?
Thomas Hardy wrote it, and it first appeared in the early 1880s. In a preface dated 1895 he explains that he set two small lives against the backdrop of the stellar universe.
What does the tower in the title mean?
The tower is an old column called Rings-Hill Speer, standing on a wooded hill on Lady Constantine's estate. Swithin turns it into an observatory, and it becomes the place where the two lovers meet.
Is Two on a Tower easy to read?
Yes, in that the story is clear and driven by scenes. Short chapters, lively talk from the village chorus, and a steady stream of secrets and surprises make it easy to follow.
What is the main message of Two on a Tower?
Hardy suggests that human feeling, though tiny beside the stars, can be the larger thing. The book also shows how love and ambition pull against each other, and how class and age shape choices.
この版を引用します
Hardy, Thomas. Two on a Tower. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/two-on-a-tower.
Hardy, T. (2026). Two on a tower. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/two-on-a-tower (Original work published 1882)
Hardy, Thomas. Two on a Tower. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/two-on-a-tower.
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author = {Hardy, Thomas},
title = {Two on a Tower},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/two-on-a-tower},
note = {First published 1882}
}
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