A Tale of Two Cities (Student Edition): A Story of the French Revolution

from laurensx

While I initially struggled to understand this book, I was very glad I stuck with the text and fought through my lack of comprehension. While Dickens is a rather verbose writer, I enjoyed his attention to detail and description as I became increasingly connected with the characters and events of ...

from jonfaith

It was my first Dickens, it was not my last. It was summer in Chicago and I was surrounded by lovely albeit unruly children. Oh dear, it was a struggle at times, watching three kids while my wife and their mother were in the city. Still I finished the novel over a long afternoon without drugging ...

from readafew

I was rather suprised, I've read a few 'Classics' and many of them are difficult to push through. A Tale of two cities was fairly quick once I got used to the writing style. The story flowed well. I of course figured out what was happening when a certain charactor who had no reason to be in Paris...

from BookConcierge

This is Charles Dickens' classic tale of resurrection and redemption set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The plot is far too complicated to relate quickly. Suffice to say that various characters are introduced and their interconnectedness does not become fully evident until the las...

from jayde1599

Synopsis: A mix of characters live their lives in different ways in London and Paris in the years leading up to the French Revolution. The story focuses on the reign of terror and the mob mentality that accelerated it. The book follows a cast of characters including eagle eye Madame Defarge and h...