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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (audiobook) - with quite possibly the most familiar first AND last lines of any book, I wish I did not wait so long to read this. I now understand where a lot of Monty Python's and esoteric British humor comes from. This was helped tremendously by listening to the audiobook read by Simon Callow. I can now add him to list of readers I will actively seek out.
challenging
dark
slow-paced
I'm so glad I took the time to listen to this novel. It was beautifully narrated which only brought out the compelling writing even more. I loved the variety of characters, the intrigue, and the devotion. Dickens knows how to tell a tale!
I knew very little about Charles Dickens going into reading A Tale of Two Cities. Seriously, the most I know I’ve got from either The Muppets version of A Christmas Carol or the Doctor Who episode from a few years ago. (Yay Gwen!) I am glad, however, that I’m reading two of Dickens’ greatest most well-known novels this year as it is his 200th birthday! What better year to read it than on such an occasion?
I picked up this version of the book almost exactly a year ago helping my sister move to New Hampshire for grad school, mentioned in my very first Lunchbreak Interlude! I really only picked it up because I’d never read Dickens, it was incredibly cheap and is staggeringly beautiful I think – both the black and the red are actually imprinted so the cover has texture; and the pages are uneven cut. This novel counts as part of my Mount TBR Challenge (book 19 of 25 – 76%) and The Classics Club (book 10 of 100 – 10%).
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
I picked up this version of the book almost exactly a year ago helping my sister move to New Hampshire for grad school, mentioned in my very first Lunchbreak Interlude! I really only picked it up because I’d never read Dickens, it was incredibly cheap and is staggeringly beautiful I think – both the black and the red are actually imprinted so the cover has texture; and the pages are uneven cut. This novel counts as part of my Mount TBR Challenge (book 19 of 25 – 76%) and The Classics Club (book 10 of 100 – 10%).
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
This book took me nearly 6 months to read, not gonna lie. It starts heavily and slowly, but towards the end becomes super exciting and captivating.
Dickens' specific, so-called "Dickensian" atmosphere: dark, depressing, hopeless and twisted, makes this book not-so-easy read, but it's also this surrounding that keeps the reader till the end. I absolutely admired the character development, the thread of events and of course, the description of time and place. The language is a bit challenging but the choice of words and sentence structures are totally mind-blowing. And the ending, needless to say, makes one's hairs stand still all the way. I shed a few tears, frankly speaking.
"A Tale Of Two Cities" is a true classic that inspires popular culture even in our times. It stood and will always stand the test of time.
Dickens' specific, so-called "Dickensian" atmosphere: dark, depressing, hopeless and twisted, makes this book not-so-easy read, but it's also this surrounding that keeps the reader till the end. I absolutely admired the character development, the thread of events and of course, the description of time and place. The language is a bit challenging but the choice of words and sentence structures are totally mind-blowing. And the ending, needless to say, makes one's hairs stand still all the way. I shed a few tears, frankly speaking.
"A Tale Of Two Cities" is a true classic that inspires popular culture even in our times. It stood and will always stand the test of time.
It took me a little while to get into this classic book, but in the end I was deeply moved by it. It is a story of deep, true, sacrificial love. I highly recommend it.
Definitivamente es un mundo completamente distinto al que suelo experimentar, pero puedo decir que me ha dejado un buen sabor de boca. La crítica social es dura y da a entender lo diferente y complicado que era la vida en la época Victoriana y, a pesar de todo existieron mentes que se atrevieron a pensar, y mejor aún a decir lo que pensaban aunque fuera mediante historias o relatos breves como es el caso de Dickens.
De verdad recomiendo que al leer este libro se tenga la paciencia de llegar al final y de leerlo más de una vez para encontrar esa magia que une a personajes tan distintos en un mismo contexto. Personajes que bien somos nosotros en un contexto diferente o un mundo más actualizado.
De verdad recomiendo que al leer este libro se tenga la paciencia de llegar al final y de leerlo más de una vez para encontrar esa magia que une a personajes tan distintos en un mismo contexto. Personajes que bien somos nosotros en un contexto diferente o un mundo más actualizado.
Quote (re: Sydney Carton) "Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himsel to let it eat him away."
I have felt inclined to reread this since my first attempt in high school. It is as if I have felt the need to prove to myself that I can actually read and understand it