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  1. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    This tale of two cities (London and Paris) is also a tale of three lovers, with a plot-twist of self-sacrifice inspired by Wilkie Collins's play The Frozen Deep, in which Dickens acted.

  2. A Tale of Two Cities Book Review: Dickens' Masterpiece of Love and

    Themes and Motifs. At its core, "A Tale of Two Cities" is a profound meditation on the themes of revolution, justice, and the enduring power of love and sacrifice. Revolution and Social Injustice: Dickens offers a nuanced portrayal of the French Revolution, exploring both the ideals that fueled the uprising and the brutal excesses that ...

  3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens, Richard Maxwell (Editor) 3.87. 949,952 ratings23,576 reviews. A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history ...

  4. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens [A Review]

    He wanted A Tale of Two Cities to be picaresque. Hence, the jumpy timeline; the effort put in to make key scenes powerful; the vignettes outside the main story and even a certain vagueness in the text to avoid being caught by historical specifics. A Tale of Two Cities also feels like a story that stakes a lot on the ending. One senses Dickens ...

  5. A Tale of Two Cities Book Review

    Parents say ( 2 ): Kids say ( 13 ): A TALE OF TWO CITIES masterfully interweaves political and personal events. It reveals much about the injustice that incited the French Revolution, the gray areas between the populist ideals and blind vengeance, and the toll the rebellion took on individuals. This is one of Charles Dickens' best-loved novels ...

  6. A Tale of Two Cities: Book Review, Summary, & Analysis

    Dickens (1812-1870), was a 19th-century British writer. "A Tale of Two Cities" can be called the pinnacle of his late years. During the French Revolution, the famous doctor Manette accidentally witnessed the atrocities committed by the feudal aristocrats, the Evremond brothers, who killed them in the grass camp.

  7. A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the ...

  8. A Tale of Two Cities

    by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities is about poverty in London and Paris and the book with perhaps the most famous opening and closing lines in English literature: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…' and, at closing, 'It is a far, far ...

  9. A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities, novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although drawn from history, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. Learn more about A Tale of Two Cities in this article.

  10. Book Review: A Tale of Two Cities

    Review. Profound human love and the most repugnant savagery, horror and redemption, a heroine and a grotesque revenger, two families with dark secrets, two cities, all in the backdrop of the bloodbath that was the French Revelation. In reading it, be prepared for the "Best of Times and the Worst of Times."

  11. Book Summary

    Book Summary "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," Charles Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson's Bank.

  12. Book Review: A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is one of the most popular books of all time, with over 200 million copies sold to date. The novel is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution and depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.

  13. A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

    A Tale of Two Cities is tragic, heart-breaking, original, and reassuring. It is more important to feel it, than understand it. Outro: I hope the review was to your liking - although it is not food. A Tale of Two Cities is simply iconic and a must-read for any fan of Victorian literature. Or any fan of literature, for that matter.

  14. A Tale of Two Cities Study Guide

    Key Facts about A Tale of Two Cities. Full Title: A Tale of Two Cities. When Written: 1859. Where Written: Rochester and London. When Published: 1859. Literary Period: Victorian era. Genre: Historical novel. Setting: London and Paris. Climax: Sydney Carton's rescue of Charles Darnay from prison.

  15. A Tale of Two Cities Summary and Complete Analysis

    A Tale of Two Cities Summary. The novel opens in the year 1775 with Mr. Jarvis Lorry traveling on a mission to Dover to meet Lucie Manette. Mr. Jarvis Lorry is the employer of Tellson's Bank in England. On his way to Dover, Mr. Lorry happens to meet a man who gives him a mysterious message, and Mr. Lorry replies with the message, "Recalled ...

  16. A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens has been reviewed by Focus on the Family's marriage and parenting magazine. ... Book reviews cover the content, themes and worldviews of fiction books, not their literary merit, and equip parents to decide whether a book is appropriate for their children. The inclusion of a book's review does not ...

  17. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Plot Summary

    Charles and Lucie soon have a daughter of their own. The year is 1789. Defarge leads the peasants in destroying the Bastille. He searches Dr. Manette's old cell and finds a letter hidden in the chimney. The new Republic is declared, but its citizens grow extremely violent, imprisoning and killing aristocrats.

  18. Review: A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities, is about the French Revolution, a great social upheaval that he describes as both a comprehensible response to obvious injustice and also as a dark triumph of vengeance and bloodlust.To set it in its historical context from the point of view of modern American readers, the novel opens in England in 1775, the year before ...

  19. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

    A Tale of Two Cities Credits: Judith Boss and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Historical fiction Subject: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction Subject: London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction Subject: War stories Subject: Executions and ...