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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Start date: December 1, 2012

Finish date: December 31, 2012

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Sep 10, 2010 Capsguy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: british-irish

And with that a greater tale was never told...

But seriously, Dickens finally pulled through for me. I'd read quite a fair few of his novels (Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and Hard Times) and they all left me feeling as if something unexplainable, and yet essential was missing to make it comparable to a great piece of literature that will not diminish through time.

This was totally different. For once his dreary ongoing passages didn't feel like dreary ongoing passages, writte ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 ☯Emily Ginder rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, historical-fiction

I am not a Dickens fan, but I remember reading this many years ago and enjoying it. It is just as readable now as then. I have been reading about the French Revolution. Even though this is not a history book, Dickens accurately reveals the disdain the aristocracy had for the poor. They mistreated everyone who was not a part of the aristocracy, taxed their workers unmercifully, raped the peasant women and killed the young men. Eventually, the oppressed will rebel. However, the oppressed in France ...more

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