Charles Dickens
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| Title | : | A Tale of Two Cities |
| Author | : | Charles Dickens |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics (UK/CAN/USA) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 489 pages |
| Published | : | 2003 by Penguin Books (first published 1859) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel |
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After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.Itemize Books As A Tale of Two Cities
| ISBN: | 0141439602 (ISBN13: 9780141439600) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780141439600 |
| Characters: | Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, Madame Therese Defarge, Dr. Alexandre Manette |
| Setting: | Paris,1789(France) London, England,1789 |
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Ratings: 3.84 From 778155 Users | 16378 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books A Tale of Two Cities
DNF at page 150Well, I can't believe I am abandoning a Charles Dickens novel but I do not want to go on. It is so different from the other two works that I've read by him and loved. I don't know, I don't like the tone of the story(it might be the translation), cannot connect with the characters and I just don't like it. I thought that something is wrong with me but my mum saw the book on my shelf Today and she confessed that it was the only Dickens she could not read...and my mum finishedThis was a re-read of an old favourite for me. It's been about 25 years, though, so long overdue. I'm not even going to try to review this masterpiece but let me just say one thing:'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'Arguably the best opening line of any book ever written... but wait!'It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known...'Definitely the best closing lines of any novel ever written
A KNIT OF TWO TALES Reading Dickenss approach to historical fiction, at first I could not help but remember Romola, which I read recently. And even if Romola seemed to have more of a Victorian than a Florentine Renaissance tone, the story and the context were very nicely woven together. While with A Tale I felt I as reading two separate stories. One was a the result of conscientious research, and Dickens in his Preface acknowledges Carlyles wonderful book, and the other was a more melodramatic
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...". The opening line says all that is needed to be said about the book. The time was worst, for it was tainted with hatred, violence, and vengeance. The time was also the best because there were love and compassion which endured it all. The only historical novel that I've read of Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities moved me like none other. I can still feel the effect of the suspense and tension even when writing the review a few days
I don't know Dickens. Is it you? Or is it me? I keep reminding myself that this isn't typical fare of his. Much shorter, written weekly, full of plot, tight on character development, short on the waffle. Does this make it one of his best, or one of his worst?I have to admit, that for the majority of my time listening to this on audiobook, I kept forgetting what novel it was. I've recently read The Count of Monte Cristo, so in my head Manette was morphing into the Count, but a lesser version.
Most satisfying ending in the English language. Yes, the last line is a classic ("It is a far, far better thing ..."), concluding, in astonishingly concise language (for Dickens), the peace and redemption of the story's most poignant romantic hero. But this novel delivers such a gratifying experience because there are, in fact, many characters who cover significant emotional ground in their journey to love one woman as best they can. Lucie's father battles his way back from madness under the
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.Another classic down! The copy of this book that I read I have owned since middle
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