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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.8 EAN: 9780141439600 ISBN: 0141439602 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: May 27, 2003 Publisher: Penguin Classics Release Date: May 27, 2003 Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
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 Rating: - Nothing like the Title at all...It occurred to me that although I had been working my way through the classics, I had never read a "real version" of a Dickens novel. Oh sure, I had read the children's version of "Oliver Twist" and have been to see the play of "A Christmas Carol" probably 15 times... but I had never actually sat down and tried to read any real Dickens. Now I don't know if this is a good place to start or not... but this is where I started. It took a while to really get into the book, the language ... Read More Rating:  - `It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'I first read this novel almost 40 years ago. I've just finished rereading: it remains my favourite Charles Dickens novel. `A Tale of Two Cities' was initially published in weekly instalments over 31 weeks in 1859: it is historical fiction, encompassing the period from 1775 to 1792. The novel is divided into three separate sections (books) dealing with different events in the lives of Dr Alexandre Manette, his daughter Lucie, French emigrant Charles Darnay and his family, as well as a ... Read More Rating:  - Paid by the WordThis is the worst classic I've ever read. I had to read it for high school English and my mother had to keep waking me up because I was so excruciatingly bored that I fell asleep every few pages. I could not care about the plot or about even one single character, although I sympathize with Dickens' social observations, I usually devour anything in print and I love 19th century novels as a rule. My high school class discussions did not bring me around in the least on this book. Dickens' female characters ... Read More Rating: - RewardingSome honest disclosures. My strongest academic credentials relevant to literary criticism are that I minored in English. I have never been a "student" of Dickens. I enjoy Shakespeare plays in the same manner that I enjoy analyzing baseball games: I always get the point and relish in the general purpose of the production, but there are finer nuances that are beyond me and most of the people watching probably have a more sophisticated appreciation than I do. All of that stated, I dove into this classic ... Read More Rating: - A Tale for our time...if you have the patience.Tale Of Two Cities represents a change for Dickens. Considering the story a short exposition on the French Revolution, Dickens avoids much explanation or background on a multitude of characters that are trapped in the world pre-french Revolution and yes this is a problem. The tale opens up with the rescue of Dr. Manette. It's hard to care for Dr. Manette as he comes across as both eccentric and quirky and nothing else. We also don't know his past or his motivations or even why he got locked ... Read More 
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