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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
You can tell if a writer is good or bad just by reading a few pages. But with Dickens, you don’t even need that much—just a few paragraphs are enough to see his brilliance. The first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities is amazing, seriously! And in the first chapter, the way he describes the year 1775 is so vivid yet so simple.
My favorite chapter is Chapter 14 of Book Three. The way Dickens wrote about a female character—especially considering it was the Victorian era—is just incredible. It’s so well done and deserves a lot of appreciation.
It does not happen often where you annotate the first line of the book as well as last one.
As Francis Bacon once said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Dickens' work isn’t just to be chewed and digested—it’s meant to be devoured.
My favorite chapter is Chapter 14 of Book Three. The way Dickens wrote about a female character—especially considering it was the Victorian era—is just incredible. It’s so well done and deserves a lot of appreciation.
It does not happen often where you annotate the first line of the book as well as last one.
As Francis Bacon once said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Dickens' work isn’t just to be chewed and digested—it’s meant to be devoured.