A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles Dickens | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Historical" |
| Pages: | 376 |
| Year of Publication: | 1859 |
| Date Read: | 03/15/1988 |
| Notes: | The storming of the Bastille … the death carts with their doomed human cargo … the swift drop of the guillotine blade — this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in this famous work. Full of unforgettable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father; the heroic Sydney Carton who gives his life for the love of a girl who would never be his. COMMENTS — “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done … “ |
| My Rating: | 8 |