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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
'It sheared off heads so many, that it, and the ground it most polluted, were a rotten red. It was taken to pieces, like a toy-puzzle for a young Devil, and was put together again where the occasion wanted it. It hushed the eloquent, struck down the powerful, abolished the beautiful and good. Twenty-two friends of high public mark, twenty-one living and one dead, it had lopped the heads off, in one morning, in as many minutes.'
A Tale of Two Cities is the third Dickens that I have read. It is also the best. Set in London and Paris, during the murmurings and eventual climax of the French Revolution, Dickens explores many themes: of individuals acting during major events, redemption and the world's impact on moulding evil.
The novel is loosely centred on the French doctor Alexandre Manette, who is imprisoned in the Bastille for 17 years. He is saved, and returns to his cradling daughter, Lucie. From here, a host of characters enter. Dickens expertly weaves them together; such that, I found myself nodding approvingly when he crossed a character in London with one in Paris. Indeed, one couldn't help but think: who is in an afar city right now whose lives we may impact?
As with many reviewers, my favourite character was Sydney Carton. Unscrupulous and damaged when introduced, he comes to symbolise that redemption is possible - for anyone. An enjoyable work, this won't be the last Dickens that I embark on.
A Tale of Two Cities is the third Dickens that I have read. It is also the best. Set in London and Paris, during the murmurings and eventual climax of the French Revolution, Dickens explores many themes: of individuals acting during major events, redemption and the world's impact on moulding evil.
The novel is loosely centred on the French doctor Alexandre Manette, who is imprisoned in the Bastille for 17 years. He is saved, and returns to his cradling daughter, Lucie. From here, a host of characters enter. Dickens expertly weaves them together; such that, I found myself nodding approvingly when he crossed a character in London with one in Paris. Indeed, one couldn't help but think: who is in an afar city right now whose lives we may impact?
As with many reviewers, my favourite character was Sydney Carton. Unscrupulous and damaged when introduced, he comes to symbolise that redemption is possible - for anyone. An enjoyable work, this won't be the last Dickens that I embark on.