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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Start date: April 1, 2024

Finish date: April 30, 2024

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May 29, 2024 Mark rated it liked it

Shelves: classic-literature, tbr-2024

Melodramatic, maddening, meandering and dramatic, in other words Dickens. I can picture many a younger reader shouting at the pages ‘get on with it’. If I be honest it’s probably going to be some time before I read another of his, but he is such a great writer that I will give him a second chance. I will probably track down a movie version to see if it works for me better that way. Finally, the book has probably the greatest opening and closing sentences I’ve come across in one novel.

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Sep 02, 2025 Erin Atacan rated it really liked it

The language was exciting, the story lines were hilariously dramatic and I finished it in tears. Amazing! I always try to look past the formality of the language when I read classics but I really didn’t have to this time. The scenes read like a really good soap opera and I loved it. I heard every sound, witnessed every fight and imagined every character crystal clear.

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