Read A Tale of Two Cities

I spent a few days sick in bed this spring, and it was the best thing I could have done; I had very little work to worry about at the time, so I spent much time focusing on what many consider Dickens’s finest novel. The bleak and harsh landscapes in the book have an effect similar to McCarthy’s much more current writings: they throw human activities and attributes, especially love, into sharp relief. Love and anger, the two emotions driving most of the principle actions in “A Tale of Two Cities,” are shown without filters or lights for what they are. To me it was a rewarding read; for those who aren’t so familiar with European history, I recommend an edition with endnotes, as these will help explain some of the allusions in the book.

Read it slowly. Read a chapter everyday (they’re rather short chapters as the book was originally published in segments for a publication). It will stay with you for a very long time.

So far it’s confusing as all get out. It will get better, right?!

Worth reading – it will stick with you for a long time. Took me a while to get into the last time I read it, but the end moves quickly.

Though not the first, not the last, nor the most important, this book helped me to look at class differences in a new way. It’s good to look at for several reasons. It has been more than 10 years since I have read it. I wonder what differences I would find at 25 than at 14. Imay have to put it back on the list of goals.

actually weeks ago. amazing book, beautifully written characters. while the ending is so preordained it is still as moving as any.

there is a reason it is classic

wow! i am going to be sooooo well read when i finish all of these books i want to read.

that should be within my experience. of course having knocked off war and peace and pride and predjudice this summer, perhaps i can read some brain-candy first.

gotta read it
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i’m more than half-way!! and its finally becoming the “good” book everyone has been saying it is