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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 28, 2020

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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Feb 21, 2019 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: book-a-book-club, own, 2019, historical-fiction, classic

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.”

Another classic down! The copy of this book that I read I have owned since middle ...more

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Mar 18, 2018 Jehona rated it it was amazing

Shelves: europe, classics, tcbc

4.5/5
It's a good book, but it has one major flaw: it's all brain, no heart. It is really hard to care about any of the characters. Maybe my expectations in the beginning were too high. ...more

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