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A Tale of Two Cities

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This is a classic novel... most kids are forced to read it (as my daughter recently was) in high school. She purchased this for her English class. She thought it was boring (so did I), but you can't beat the price on Amazon! Good buy!

I'm in 9th grade and I had to read this for school. Dickens, apparently, is one of those authors who sacrifice brevity for the sake of drawing you into the novel, letting you experience it. The first book is boring, and pretty much incomprehensible, but it does get much better as it goes along. This isn't for people with short attention spans, but overall, the writing is strong and powerful. None of the movie versions have had the same impact on me as the power of the novel's ending.

I had to read this book for my English class and it was a pretty good book. It's kind of hard to follow through with in the beginning but once you get going on the book, it was pretty good. If you're interested in the late 1700s and 1800s, it's a book for you. It has a lot about the Bastille and Gullotine It seems like Dickens runs his mouth on and on though about a lot of nothing sometimes but it turns out that the book isn't that bad. My classmates made fun of his writing, they say that he gets paid per word that's why he writes so much and elaborates on every single chapter. This is a book that you need to read and find out for yourself if you like it or not.

An essential for your classical literature library. Dickens' writing is precise, descriptive and resonant.

Starting with arguably the most well known opening paragraph in literature, TOTC has some memorable characters: the Defarges, the Jacquerie, Lucie & her father, Darnay, etc. Dickens' style - formal and detailed - characterises the "season of darkness" and "winter of despair" during the French revolution.

I found this more serious than Dickens' other works. Darker, and lacking the humour of the characters who struggle from the streets and orphanages to riches. This doesn't diminish the quality, but don't expect a cheerful, uplifting read.

Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is an excellent piece of literature. It grips the reader, with twist after twist, making you want to know what's next. The way Dickens can develop two plots independently and then merge them into a further thickening plot is amazing, and he did it before the age of "modern" literature.