false<![CDATA[A Tale of Two Cities]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1159226755m/1953.jpg1953421Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Maxwell. 2956372book1859A Tale of Two Citiestotal:82095|5:24602|4:25166|3:20506|2:7983|1:3838|820953049931093062627518falsefalseFri May 29 08:39:59 -0700 2009Wed Jan 23 20:59:48 -0800 2008Fri May 29 08:39:59 -0700 20094
A Tale of Two Cities to my sophomores is to make them realize that Charles Dickens didn't write creaky, dusty long novels that teachers embraced as a twisted rite of passage for teenagers. Instead, I want them them to understand why Dickens was one of the most popu...more...]]>
57falsefalseSat Feb 09 09:30:26 -0800 2008Sun Feb 10 17:03:12 -0800 2008 Yes, the last line is a classic ("It is a far, far better thing ..."), concluding, in astonishingly concise language (for Dickens), the peace and redemption of the story's most poignant romantic hero. But this novel delivers suc...more...]]>
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44falsefalseThu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007Sun Dec 02 22:54:06 -0800 2007Sun Dec 02 23:10:27 -0800 2007 Dickens lays it on pretty thick in parts and is perhaps trying too hard to evoke the passions and bloodlust of the French Revolu...more...]]>
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43falsetrueTue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008Wed Nov 14 14:55:11 -0800 2007Fri Jan 25 04:14:04 -0800 2008 So, I decided to read this on DailyLit (...more...]]>
53falsefalseMon Jun 25 06:17:53 -0700 2007Wed Jun 27 15:31:27 -0700 2007 My generic comment about Charles Dickens:
First of all, although I am a partisan of Dickens' writing and have read and relished most his works, I concede to three flaws in his oeuvre that are not insignificant. First, whil...more...]]>
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"A Tale of Two Cities" is one of those books that a lot of people THINK they've read, but never have, because it has an ending that nearly everyone knows -- one man trades his life for another unde...more...]]>
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A Tale of Two Cities is a classic novel that takes place at the time period of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century. Charles Dickens, a British author who also wrote Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol, had it published in 1859 at a time when the dang...more...]]>
51falsefalseSat Jun 21 23:45:08 -0700 2008Sat Jun 21 23:56:00 -0700 2008 I had been raised to loathe anything "dickeny," because that christmas tale gives me nausea... not for my yiddishness, but on my very own sentiment....
and the costumes in tv movies meant to move us to sentimental o...more...]]>
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