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Jul 08, 2012
MichelleCH
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it was amazing
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This was my second time reading A Tale of Two Cities! The first being in high school. Although there is a lot of detail and very long sentences, these two things appeal to me as a reader.
Book One and Book Two set up the novel for a fantastic ending. Social inequality and revenge is at the heart of the story in my opinion and both play out well. Dickens was skillful in showing how dogma even if for the right cause, can sweep up the innocent in a large net.
I admired the attorney, Sydney Carton an ...more
Book One and Book Two set up the novel for a fantastic ending. Social inequality and revenge is at the heart of the story in my opinion and both play out well. Dickens was skillful in showing how dogma even if for the right cause, can sweep up the innocent in a large net.
I admired the attorney, Sydney Carton an ...more
Another classic I really liked. Seems like the tv movie "Les Miserables" had recently shown and I just couldn't get enough of the french revolution.
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Ugh UGH UGH! I had Great Expectations for this book, but it was a Tale Too Shitty. The only Dickens I've read so far that I did not fall in love with. It fell way short for me, virtually no action I cared about until the Third Book, and it was too little, too late. I never really cared that much about the characters. What happened to character development in this one? After all, it is Dickens! It was practically non-existent. I do not recommend this, unless you are a French Revolution addict and
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Of course as a classic one expects much, and in conveying the authors distrust, and disrespect of the mob which brought about the revolution in Paris, the book is well written.
However, I regret that I didn't follow the recommendation of a friend's review of just reading the Wikipedia summary as overall the book was boring and too Victorian to be an enjoyable read. Sadly time has dated the story and it's focus on heroic morals of the protagonists ring hollow. ...more
However, I regret that I didn't follow the recommendation of a friend's review of just reading the Wikipedia summary as overall the book was boring and too Victorian to be an enjoyable read. Sadly time has dated the story and it's focus on heroic morals of the protagonists ring hollow. ...more
Apr 22, 2009
Stefanie
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Kristi
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Jimmie
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Annie
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Jessica
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Kirsty
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