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Since its publication in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities has remained the best-known fictional recreation of the French Revolution, and one of Charles Dickens’s most exciting novels. A Tale of Two Cities blends a moving love story with the familiar figures of the Revolution – Bastille prisoners, a starvi…
Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities
a routledge study guide and sourcebook
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2006
Summary
Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” (1859) is often criticised for its melodramatic soap-opera plot, yet his bold treatment of the violence and terrors of the French Revolution is still widely read and enjoyed today. More complex than it first appears, “A Tale of Two Cities” demonstrates Dickens’s profound understanding of human nature exemplified in mob behaviour, implacable hatred, and powerful, enduring love. It is firmly established as part of courses at undergraduate and secondary le…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415287609 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 041528760X |
| Series: | Routledge Guides to Literature |
| Author: | Ruth Glancy |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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