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I didn't think I would make it to the end, Classic novels, in general, require concentration and a clear head, In my opinion, reading Dickens needs these qualities and a large dose of dedication, 'A Tale of Two Cities' needs even the historical element means there is a lot of take in which even pushed and challenged me to muddy my enjoyment.
As such, I often found I had to unwillingly put this book down eye strain and a novel inducing headache from the intensity of Dickens work.
If you haven't come across this novel before, it's the one that famously begins: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.
Yes, there's your small fact for a pub quiz, Set in the time of eighteenth century London and France, there is a lot of history as Dickens describes the bloodied and violent streets of Paris.
With the guillotine ominously hanging over society, pun definitely intended!, many innocent civilians are somewhat slaughtered as the spies close in.
There's a fair bit of fighting in this novel, a lot of chat and even description, Lacking the humour of say, Austin, Dickens grimly portrays a social mess that I found confusing and difficult to properly appreciate.
In honesty, it was the final part of the novel that I enjoyed the most and one where I really understood what was going on!There are plenty of classic novels out there and a range of Dickens to encounter.
I won't read this again I am glad I did but would try a different one to see if I enjoyed it.
.shipping How could you possibly dislike Dickens vivid powerful description of the fear poverty during the French Revolution while the plague was raging Dickens went to Paris and lived through the horror and the discrepancy between the lives of the super rich and that of the terribly poor Bought what I thought was a new book for a Christmas present.
Looks like its second hand, its all folded and dog eared, Its not the one described either, it has a different cover, Not very pleased. Contains mild spoilers/quotesI cannot begin to express how much I love this book, I first read it inbefore my 'O' Levels the following summer it was part of the English Lit syllabus and I reckon I have read it upwards oftimes since.
In many respects, this is different to Dickens' other works, It is much shorter for one thing and unlike novels such as Bleak House, all the various strands are brought together by the end, with no dead ends or red herrings.
Additionally, not a word in this is wasted, There is much use of foreshadowing, for example spilled wine foretells of the spilling of blood come the revolution: The time was to come when that wine too would be spilled on the street stones and when the stain of it would be red upon many there.
The sun
is used in a similar way: The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage that the occupant was steeped in crimson.
"It will die out" said Monsieur the Marquis, glancing at his handsThere are great characters, too, Jerry Cruncher is a favourite and the source of humour, some of it quite dark, Errand 'boy' for Tellson's Bank by day, 'fisherman' i, e. grave robber by night. He goes to bed with clean boots and gets up with muddy boots, much to the consternation of his son.
The best character for me has to be the malevolent, vengeful and implacable Thérèse Defarge: "Tell wind and fire when to stop" returned Madame "but don't tell me"Wonderful book! I thought I would give this classic a go, having not picked up a Dickens since school many years ago, but frankly wading through the strangled and old english narrative was too much like hard work.
Its one thing to have to study this for an exam but reading it for pleasure, not for me.
The physical paperback book itself and printing was however very good quality,
As such, I often found I had to unwillingly put this book down eye strain and a novel inducing headache from the intensity of Dickens work.
If you haven't come across this novel before, it's the one that famously begins: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.
Yes, there's your small fact for a pub quiz, Set in the time of eighteenth century London and France, there is a lot of history as Dickens describes the bloodied and violent streets of Paris.
With the guillotine ominously hanging over society, pun definitely intended!, many innocent civilians are somewhat slaughtered as the spies close in.
There's a fair bit of fighting in this novel, a lot of chat and even description, Lacking the humour of say, Austin, Dickens grimly portrays a social mess that I found confusing and difficult to properly appreciate.
In honesty, it was the final part of the novel that I enjoyed the most and one where I really understood what was going on!There are plenty of classic novels out there and a range of Dickens to encounter.
I won't read this again I am glad I did but would try a different one to see if I enjoyed it.
.shipping How could you possibly dislike Dickens vivid powerful description of the fear poverty during the French Revolution while the plague was raging Dickens went to Paris and lived through the horror and the discrepancy between the lives of the super rich and that of the terribly poor Bought what I thought was a new book for a Christmas present.
Looks like its second hand, its all folded and dog eared, Its not the one described either, it has a different cover, Not very pleased. Contains mild spoilers/quotesI cannot begin to express how much I love this book, I first read it inbefore my 'O' Levels the following summer it was part of the English Lit syllabus and I reckon I have read it upwards oftimes since.
In many respects, this is different to Dickens' other works, It is much shorter for one thing and unlike novels such as Bleak House, all the various strands are brought together by the end, with no dead ends or red herrings.
Additionally, not a word in this is wasted, There is much use of foreshadowing, for example spilled wine foretells of the spilling of blood come the revolution: The time was to come when that wine too would be spilled on the street stones and when the stain of it would be red upon many there.
The sun
is used in a similar way: The sunset struck so brilliantly into the travelling carriage that the occupant was steeped in crimson.
"It will die out" said Monsieur the Marquis, glancing at his handsThere are great characters, too, Jerry Cruncher is a favourite and the source of humour, some of it quite dark, Errand 'boy' for Tellson's Bank by day, 'fisherman' i, e. grave robber by night. He goes to bed with clean boots and gets up with muddy boots, much to the consternation of his son.
The best character for me has to be the malevolent, vengeful and implacable Thérèse Defarge: "Tell wind and fire when to stop" returned Madame "but don't tell me"Wonderful book! I thought I would give this classic a go, having not picked up a Dickens since school many years ago, but frankly wading through the strangled and old english narrative was too much like hard work.
Its one thing to have to study this for an exam but reading it for pleasure, not for me.
The physical paperback book itself and printing was however very good quality,
Charles Dickens was born innear Portsmouth where his father was a clerk in the navy pay office.
The family moved to London in, but their fortunes were severely impaired, Dickens was sent to work in a blacking warehouse when his father was imprisoned for debt, Both experiences deeply affected the future novelist, Inhe began contributing stories to newspapers and magazines, and instarted the serial publication of Pickwick Papers.
Thereafter, Dickens published his major novels over the course of the next twenty years, from Nicholas Nickleby to Little Dorrit.
He also edited the journals Household Words and All the Year Round, Dickens died in June. .