mass market paperback, 379 pages
English language
Published Sept. 21, 1936 by New American Library.
The storming of the Bastille... the death carts with their doomed human cargo the swift drop of the guillotine blade- this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work, ATale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a cor rupt and decadent regime. With insight and compas- SIon. he casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with unforgettable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge. knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father: the heroic Sydney Carton, who gives his life for the love of a girl who would never be his.
I really liked David Copperfield and enjoyed Great Expectations, but this was book was a different story (sorry). While it did bring the French revolution alive, it was a more difficult book to read and the characters weren't as engaging as those in other Dickens' books. Maybe I'll give it another chance in a few years given some of the really positive reviews I've read.
