A Tale of Two Cities (Unabridged)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1428108343 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 12 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. The book is perhaps best known for its opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and for Carton's last speech, in which he says of his replacing Darnay in a prison cell, "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." -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature. 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. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine. Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The story is set in the
A Great Social Novel FCD117 "Oliver Twist" is a relatively early novel by Charles Dickens. The title character is a child who ends up affiliated with a band of criminals. I like this novel very much, and in many ways it is a typical novel by Charles Dickens. The novel is clearly meant for mass appeal in the Victorian Society within which it was written. A modern reader may find Victorian fiction to be somewhat ornate and "wordy". Personally I like it very much.Charles Dickens is my second favorite author of Victorian fiction after my favorite author of all, George Eliot. I have never read a Di. Fred Provencher said One of Dickens' best. What can you say? This novel is on the short list of Dickens' greatest or at least most iconic stories. Unlike some of his other novels this one does not take place in Victorian England but during the 18th century before and after the outbreak of the French Revolution. This is a tale of two cities London and Paris. There are big movements a work around the main characters, but this remains a character driven narrative. I have no way of critiquing this since it is embedded in a completely different time in novel writing. There are moments where it seems melodramatic . A twisty voyage through the Poor Law That this is the best text of "Oliver Twist" now available is not to be contested, and full tribute must go to Tillotson and Gill for their usual thoroughness and certainly for their unique voyage of discovery through the uncharted editions, with especial reference to the two Philadelphia editions. That Tillotson's decision to select the 18A twisty voyage through the Poor Law HH That this is the best text of "Oliver Twist" now available is not to be contested, and full tribute must go to Tillotson and Gill for their usual thoroughness and certainly for their unique voyage of discovery through the uncharted editions, with especial reference to the two Philadelphia editions. That Tillotson's decision to select the 1846 edition as copy-text can be defended is certainly true, although a more delicate operation would have assured accidentals other than punctuation more faithful to 1837 1838 and to Dickens's own general habits. That this edition . 6 edition as copy-text can be defended is certainly true, although a more delicate operation would have assured accidentals other than punctuation more faithful to 1837 1838 and to Dickens's own general habits. That this edition
From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up—Charles Dickens's classic tale of one family's suffering during the French Revolution is brought to life in this audio adaptation. . This easily navigated feature would be particularly helpful for struggling readers.—Jeana Actkinson, Bridgeport High School, TXCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The voice of Audie Award-winning narrator Simon Vance sets the tone for the characters and creates the Dickensesqe mood of the times when the rich and the poor were far apart and no one was exempt from the ensuing wrath during the Revolution. A bonus feature on the last CD is an e-book in pdf format that can be printed or used as a read-along while listening to the audio. Vance's stone varies from soothing to animated while creating different voices for the characters and using appropriate accents