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Description: ISBN 0141439602 / Author: Charles Dickens / Genre: Classic Literature / After 18 years confinement in the Bastille, Dr Manette is brought ... more
Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens ... to England. Jarvis Lorry travels to Dover to meet a young woman, Lucie Manette, in 1775. When he arrives, he informs her that her father, Doctor Manette, whom she previously believed to be dead, has actually been incarcerated as a prisoner in Paris for the past eighteen years, and has recently been released by the French government. Tellson’s Bank is sending Lorry to identify the doctor (who had been one of Tellson’s clients) and bring him to England. The news upsets Lucie greatly; he tries to comfort her, but Miss Pross takes over when she fears he has frightened Lucie too much. The story shifts abruptly to Saint Antoine, a suburb of Paris, where a cask of wine accidentally splits and spills on the ground. The poor seize the unexpected windfall, jubilantly drinking the wine off the street. Watching the degradation in disgust is Defarge, the owner of a wineshop and leader of a band of revolutionaries. Afterwards, she goes back into her shop and talks to a group of fellow revolutionaries, who call each other Jacques. Mr. Lorry and Lucie Manette arrive and Defarge takes them to his apartment to see Dr. Manette. The doctor is, to all appearances, completely mad. He sits in a dark room all day making shoes, as he did while in prison. Lucie takes him to England.

Newest Review: ... forth between England and France. Initially I found the book slightly off-putting due to it archaic grammar and vocabulary, ... more

 ... but after the first few pages it was a joy to read. I especially enjoyed all the various (archaic) dialects employed in the book; it made it all the more real and colourful. Prior to reading this book I had very little knowledge of that period and found it enlightening and also entertaining. I usually hate romantic-style dramas but in this case I was truly moved, in the last scene I might even go so far as to suggest that I may have been slightly moist in the eyes. The story I have to admit isn?t that special or or...more

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hoochi
Premium Review Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens: Oh monsieur guillotine... (225 words)
by - written on 26/06/02 (Useful, 123 readings)
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To date, this is the only dickens book that I have read, probably because it?s the only one that I haven?t seen on TV and I have heard that famous first line so often. It?s set during the beginning of the French revolution and flits back and forth between England and France. Initially I found the book slightly off-putting due to it archaic grammar and vocabulary, but after the first few pages it was a joy to read. I especially enjoyed all the various (archaic) dialects employed in the book; it made it all the more real and colourful. Prior to reading this book I had very little knowledge of that period and found it enlightening and also entertaining. I ...  Read the complete review

jamaican
Premium Review Dickens Classic (276 words)
by - written on 17/04/01 (Useful, 178 readings)
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’’ This opening line has been quoted innumerable times. It has been repeated in other books, on television, in movies. I have run across it everywhere, but had not read the book. So I finally read it, and am glad I did. I knew the basic story. Dickens is not one of my favorite authors, but to teach my school going cousin I took this book. I enjoyed the book although it’s not an exceptional one. The story of Sydney Carton shows how even the most unexpected person can change. The characters were not well fleshed out, in my opinion. Lucie, her father, and Charles Darnay are two ...  Read the complete review

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Premium Review Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities (209 words)
by - written on 02/09/00 (Somewhat useful, 152 readings)
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This is the first Dickens book that i have ever read (yeah, i know, it took me 21 years to get round to it) and I'm sorry, but it doesn't particularly inspire me to read any more of his work. I found the topic of a tale of two cities really interesting because it is a period of history about which i know nothing at all but the story wasn't as dramatically romanti c as i had been led to believe. the story is about two guys who fancy a french bird and very tragically, one of them gets sentenced to death. Nice. The romance behind this is very subtle and the gore behind the story isn't any where near gruseome enough. I had ...  Read the complete review

 

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