A Tale of Two Cities (World's Best Reading)

click here for more details, find new or used items	Charles Dickens New from £9.45 Used from £0.32 Pages: 399 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0895771799 Pub: Readers Digest Pub date: 1984-06 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 385126

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A Stunning Read (3/3 people found this helpful)

I had to read this for a course on Dickens at University and I found it an absolutely wonderful read. The start may seem slow but Dickens inevitably and necessarily takes time to paint his characters in intricate detail. The story progresses with Dickens' inimitable style and the ending moved me to tears. A must for any Dickens fan but perhaps not an ideal first read for a new-comer to Dickens (I would suggest Nicholas Nickleby for that).

A Tale of Two Citys (0/11 people found this helpful)

Although I do agree that the beginning of this all time classic is a bit slow, I would not confine it to the first 150 pages, indeed all but the last 100 could have been taken out and, substituted for something a little less dull. However, for the last 100 pages it is well worth ploughing through the slow opening. Also this book is an incredible, and (for the last 100 pages) interesting way to increase your knowledge of the French Revolution.

Worth reading, but patience is required (2/4 people found this helpful)

If you can make it past the first 150 pages of the book then you're on your way to enjoying it, it's a good story, but the beginning is torture. If during the first 150 pages some freak had stolen the book from me, I would have been quite happy, and read a box of cereal instead. This box of cereal would have quite impressed me with its entertainment value. So if you like brief suffering followed by a long term pay off, then I recommend this book. The story eventually takes off, and happily you discover that 25 hours of your life have not been lost in vain.

A book for all to enjoy (2/4 people found this helpful)

I just read 'A Tale of Two Cities' in my high school gifted English class. I must say that I loved it! Not only did Dickens capture the "truth" of the French Revolution, but also the culture of the time. How Lucie faints(which "ladies" of the time did), the horrible judicial conditions, etc. It was also interesting that Dickens separated the book into 3 different parts. Some authors do that to symbolize past, present, and future. Also the fact that most of the characters have a twin(Carton and Darnay, Lucie and her mother, etc). The many references to religion and the bible[Jerry Cruncher compared to Jesus Christ(JC)-not a coincidence]. I do agree though that the beginning of the story was a bit slow, but so was the beginning of the revolution. After the first few chapters of the book, the story started to become clear:)

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