· A Tale of Two Cities (version 2) Charles Dickens ( - ) A Tale of Two Cities () is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. · A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Dickens's epic novel of freedom, love, Charles Dickens was born in near Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office. The family moved to London in , but their fortunes were severely impaired. With these words and a superb act of bravery and sacrifice, one of the most badly behaved heroes of all time ends Charles Dickens' great tale of the French Revolution. This is a firework display of a book, a crackling picture of the ravages and excesses of starving, furious men and the astonishing acts of heroism that usually accompany them.
Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. In Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities, he makes it clear as to what his views are of the revolution with his ample descriptions of the crowds of revolutionaries, but what readers may fail to see is how he incorporates the revolution into each of his characters. True, some of the crowd's actions were savage and brutal, but given the. 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' play The Frozen Deep, in which Dickens acted. Epic in historical scale, it is also an intimate book, showing how the personal and political intermingle and what the causes and effects of violence are.
A Tale of Two Cities () is a historical novel 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 year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to life in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. A Tale of Two Cities, novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle ’s history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. A Tale of Two Cities Page A Tale of Two Cities. by Charles Dickens [The rest of Dickens is forthcoming] CONTENTS. Book the First--Recalled to Life. Chapter I The Period Chapter II The Mail Chapter III The Night Shadows Chapter IV The Preparation Chapter V The Wine-shop Chapter VI The Shoemaker. Book the Second--the Golden Thread.
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