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5.0 out of 5 stars Fifty years later…
As a teen in high school, I was certain that this old folks tale had to be crap. Now that I am an old folk, I wish I had read this story back then. Some of the symbolism takes a bit for me to wrap my head around, but it was a memorable read. There were strong characters, both good and bad. There was vivid imagery of the bloody time of and after the revolution. And for me, there was what I thought would be a throwaway character, became a glowing hero of the highest caliber. If you passed this book by as a teen, read it now. It is really an impressive story.
5.0 out of 5 stars ★ SAW IT ON DVD ★ READ THE BOOK ★ PLEASE READ THE BOOK ★
In Today's Fast Paced World, We Like to Take Shortcuts. Please Don't Take a Shortcut. Read the Book. The Movie Does Not Do Justice to the Storyline. The Only Way to Impart the Feelings of This Book, is to Read This Book. If Charles Dickens Were a Playwright, I'm Sure He Would have Written Some Magnificent Plays, But His Works Were Meant to be Read Not Visualized on the Screen. A Great Deal is Lost. It Likens Me Back to When I Saw The Exorcist. Everyone Said how Horrifying the Movie Was and How it Would Change Your Entire Belief System. I Went and Saw it and Nothing. I Didn't Even Think it Was That Good of a Movie, not Even One I'd Want to Watch Twice. A Few Years Later, at a Friends Urging I Read the Book. A Damned Good Book. Goose Bumps Ran Up Me. The Book Was Completely Different From the Movie. The Book Made Sense. The Movie Was Hollywood. Lesson Learned. Always Read the Book First. You Might Avoid Some Unnecessary Disappointment.A Tale of Two Cities Was Written By English Author Charles Dickens (1812-1870. Dickens Received Most of the Background on the French Revolution From his Friend Thomas Carlyle. This is a Long Book, But Because it is So Gripping, it Does Hold Your Attention For Long Periods of Time. You'll Find Yourself Not Wanting To Put It Down. The Characters and Lives are All Intertwined and it Adds a Depth and Richness to the Book. This is a Historical Fiction that Spans nearly 20 Years From the Time Preceding and During the French Revolution. The Two Cities to Speak Of, Are London and Paris.The Main Storyline Characters Involve:Miss Lucie Manette (Main Character) "Spoiler Alert" (She Falls in Love and Marries Charles Darney)Doctor Alexandre Manette (Lucie's Father) "Spoiler Alert" "She Thought He Was Dead. Nope!!! He Was In Prison For 18 Years"Miss Pross (Lucie's Governess)Mr. Lorry (Dr. Manette’s Associate)Mr. Ernest Defarge (Dr. Manette's Former Servant)Mr. Charles Darney (Kidnapped French Aristocrat) "Spoiler Alert" "Abducted and Stashed on a Ship-Later Rescued, Charged With Murder, Marries Lucie Mannette."Mr. Stryver and Mr. Carton (Barristers Representing Charles Darney) "Spoiler Alert" "They Worked Tirelessly Trying To Get Charles Acquitted of Murder-And They Did"France Seems to Be Pretty Cold Blooded in this Era of Time, but I Guess History Backs That Up. There are a Lot of Hardships and Tragedies in the Book, but Triumphs Too. A Tale of Two Cities Has it's Share of Twists and Turns, but Sometimes Goes on More Than it Needs To. Still, This is a Must Read and Rightly So. It's One of the Classics and One of the Best Read and Most loved Books of All Time. I'm Just Sorry I Waited so Long to Read it After Watching The Movie. I Recommend the Book. I Don't Recommend the Movie.★ THANK YOU FOR READING MY REVIEW
4.0 out of 5 stars Lost some relevance, but none of its splendor
“A Tale of Two Cities” is a classic that has lost some of its relevance, but none of its splendor. The two cities are London and Paris, and Dickens starts with a bit of mystery as he introduces an old man recently freed from the Bastille prison in Paris. A former servant, a businessman from a famous bank, and the old man’s daughter come to his rescue. The daughter develops a romance with a young man along the way, and we slowly learn how all of these characters are entwined in the French Revolution that took place in the 1790’s.I don’t know much about the French Revolution, but from the things I’ve read on the Internet it seems like Dickens does a good job of capturing the sentiment and anguish of an event that occurred over 60 years before he wrote this tale in 1859. It is easy to see how the beat down and impoverished could rise to power and murder the noble ruling class in France. The event had widespread coverage and impact, and I’m sure this would have been an interesting read and real concern for those in London thinking that something similar could still happen to them. While I don’t think the story is all that relevant for 21st Century readers, I do think the book sheds some light on the depravity of mankind when people are subjected to cruel and unjust exploitation from the rich and elite.I enjoyed this book immensely as it contained vivid descriptions of the everyday life in the two cities, and delved into the injustices that led to the French Revolution. It also showed how things got out of hand in regards to “la guillotine” and how the poor in essence became just as evil as the noble class. Dickens wove a multi-layered love story – love of spouse, love of family, and love of man – to tell his view of the French Revolution.In regards to the Kindle illustrated edition, I liked the drawings and thought they added a little flair to the story.
5.0 out of 5 stars much better
Much better than the original adult version. This is a lot better to understand it. easier to read and finish and I recommend this version to any age to read instead of the original version so much easier to read
Leitura maravilhosa. Você se sente até mais inteligente.
Maravilhoso, mas tem de ser lido em inglês.
A Tale of Two Cities Review by Mary Haskett
Review by Mary HaskettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a mesmerizing read. This timeless novel set in the time of the French revolution portrays the evil and the good in man. The French poor, spurred to anger and hatred by the injustices incurred upon them by the French aristocracy, by degrees turn into an unrelenting murderous mob as they seek justice. Many innocent victims are trundle to Madame Guillotine day after day, adults and children alike, and Madame Defarge filled with hatred for injustices done to her family sits and knits at the foot of the guillotine along with her peers, reveling as heads fall.Across the sea in England, society is more civilized. In London, the reader meets a variety of characters, Charles Darnay, formerly Evermonde, Lucie his wife, and Lucie’s father, all have escaped from France. Charles feels compelled to return to France and rescue his overseer wrongly imprisoned. He meets the same fate. Lucie and her father set out to save him.In the shadow of this drama is one, Sydney Carton, a heavy drinker, who strongly resembles Charles in appearance. The true character of Sydney Carton surfaces as he devises a plan to take Charles place at the guillotine. He arranges the escape of the family, with the help of good servants.If you have never read a Tale of Two Cities, you have doubtless heard of Sydney Carton’s last words as he went to the guillotine. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done: it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” He emerges at the end of this tale as a true and noble hero.
Un grande classico
Penso che sia utile rivisitare i grandi scrittori inglesi, preferibilmente in lingua originale. Molte parole sono oggi desuete o hanno un significato diverso. Anche l'inconfondibile stile di Dickens non e' certamente un modello per l'inglese moderno, che si vuole conciso ed essenziale, quindi il contrario del modo di scrivere di Dickens.
Book was dented
Delivery is fast but book covered was not is good condition!!!
Brilliance
Epic and immensely moving tale that appeals to the most ancient and deeply-imbedded concept in the human soul: light and darkness. The sweeping, gripping account of Revolution is balanced by the personal portraits of Darnay and Carton, the symbolic light/dark, sun/moon of the tale. Dickens adds his own immense gifts of imagery, metaphor, description, characterization and humor to the blood-soaked era to craft this unforgettable novel - one of his finest, and thus firmly fixed to the canon of great books of the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fifty years later…
As a teen in high school, I was certain that this old folks tale had to be crap. Now that I am an old folk, I wish I had read this story back then. Some of the symbolism takes a bit for me to wrap my head around, but it was a memorable read. There were strong characters, both good and bad. There was vivid imagery of the bloody time of and after the revolution. And for me, there was what I thought would be a throwaway character, became a glowing hero of the highest caliber. If you passed this book by as a teen, read it now. It is really an impressive story.
5.0 out of 5 stars ★ SAW IT ON DVD ★ READ THE BOOK ★ PLEASE READ THE BOOK ★
In Today's Fast Paced World, We Like to Take Shortcuts. Please Don't Take a Shortcut. Read the Book. The Movie Does Not Do Justice to the Storyline. The Only Way to Impart the Feelings of This Book, is to Read This Book. If Charles Dickens Were a Playwright, I'm Sure He Would have Written Some Magnificent Plays, But His Works Were Meant to be Read Not Visualized on the Screen. A Great Deal is Lost. It Likens Me Back to When I Saw The Exorcist. Everyone Said how Horrifying the Movie Was and How it Would Change Your Entire Belief System. I Went and Saw it and Nothing. I Didn't Even Think it Was That Good of a Movie, not Even One I'd Want to Watch Twice. A Few Years Later, at a Friends Urging I Read the Book. A Damned Good Book. Goose Bumps Ran Up Me. The Book Was Completely Different From the Movie. The Book Made Sense. The Movie Was Hollywood. Lesson Learned. Always Read the Book First. You Might Avoid Some Unnecessary Disappointment.A Tale of Two Cities Was Written By English Author Charles Dickens (1812-1870. Dickens Received Most of the Background on the French Revolution From his Friend Thomas Carlyle. This is a Long Book, But Because it is So Gripping, it Does Hold Your Attention For Long Periods of Time. You'll Find Yourself Not Wanting To Put It Down. The Characters and Lives are All Intertwined and it Adds a Depth and Richness to the Book. This is a Historical Fiction that Spans nearly 20 Years From the Time Preceding and During the French Revolution. The Two Cities to Speak Of, Are London and Paris.The Main Storyline Characters Involve:Miss Lucie Manette (Main Character) "Spoiler Alert" (She Falls in Love and Marries Charles Darney)Doctor Alexandre Manette (Lucie's Father) "Spoiler Alert" "She Thought He Was Dead. Nope!!! He Was In Prison For 18 Years"Miss Pross (Lucie's Governess)Mr. Lorry (Dr. Manette’s Associate)Mr. Ernest Defarge (Dr. Manette's Former Servant)Mr. Charles Darney (Kidnapped French Aristocrat) "Spoiler Alert" "Abducted and Stashed on a Ship-Later Rescued, Charged With Murder, Marries Lucie Mannette."Mr. Stryver and Mr. Carton (Barristers Representing Charles Darney) "Spoiler Alert" "They Worked Tirelessly Trying To Get Charles Acquitted of Murder-And They Did"France Seems to Be Pretty Cold Blooded in this Era of Time, but I Guess History Backs That Up. There are a Lot of Hardships and Tragedies in the Book, but Triumphs Too. A Tale of Two Cities Has it's Share of Twists and Turns, but Sometimes Goes on More Than it Needs To. Still, This is a Must Read and Rightly So. It's One of the Classics and One of the Best Read and Most loved Books of All Time. I'm Just Sorry I Waited so Long to Read it After Watching The Movie. I Recommend the Book. I Don't Recommend the Movie.★ THANK YOU FOR READING MY REVIEW
4.0 out of 5 stars Lost some relevance, but none of its splendor
“A Tale of Two Cities” is a classic that has lost some of its relevance, but none of its splendor. The two cities are London and Paris, and Dickens starts with a bit of mystery as he introduces an old man recently freed from the Bastille prison in Paris. A former servant, a businessman from a famous bank, and the old man’s daughter come to his rescue. The daughter develops a romance with a young man along the way, and we slowly learn how all of these characters are entwined in the French Revolution that took place in the 1790’s.I don’t know much about the French Revolution, but from the things I’ve read on the Internet it seems like Dickens does a good job of capturing the sentiment and anguish of an event that occurred over 60 years before he wrote this tale in 1859. It is easy to see how the beat down and impoverished could rise to power and murder the noble ruling class in France. The event had widespread coverage and impact, and I’m sure this would have been an interesting read and real concern for those in London thinking that something similar could still happen to them. While I don’t think the story is all that relevant for 21st Century readers, I do think the book sheds some light on the depravity of mankind when people are subjected to cruel and unjust exploitation from the rich and elite.I enjoyed this book immensely as it contained vivid descriptions of the everyday life in the two cities, and delved into the injustices that led to the French Revolution. It also showed how things got out of hand in regards to “la guillotine” and how the poor in essence became just as evil as the noble class. Dickens wove a multi-layered love story – love of spouse, love of family, and love of man – to tell his view of the French Revolution.In regards to the Kindle illustrated edition, I liked the drawings and thought they added a little flair to the story.
5.0 out of 5 stars much better
Much better than the original adult version. This is a lot better to understand it. easier to read and finish and I recommend this version to any age to read instead of the original version so much easier to read
Leitura maravilhosa. Você se sente até mais inteligente.
Maravilhoso, mas tem de ser lido em inglês.
A Tale of Two Cities Review by Mary Haskett
Review by Mary HaskettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a mesmerizing read. This timeless novel set in the time of the French revolution portrays the evil and the good in man. The French poor, spurred to anger and hatred by the injustices incurred upon them by the French aristocracy, by degrees turn into an unrelenting murderous mob as they seek justice. Many innocent victims are trundle to Madame Guillotine day after day, adults and children alike, and Madame Defarge filled with hatred for injustices done to her family sits and knits at the foot of the guillotine along with her peers, reveling as heads fall.Across the sea in England, society is more civilized. In London, the reader meets a variety of characters, Charles Darnay, formerly Evermonde, Lucie his wife, and Lucie’s father, all have escaped from France. Charles feels compelled to return to France and rescue his overseer wrongly imprisoned. He meets the same fate. Lucie and her father set out to save him.In the shadow of this drama is one, Sydney Carton, a heavy drinker, who strongly resembles Charles in appearance. The true character of Sydney Carton surfaces as he devises a plan to take Charles place at the guillotine. He arranges the escape of the family, with the help of good servants.If you have never read a Tale of Two Cities, you have doubtless heard of Sydney Carton’s last words as he went to the guillotine. “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done: it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” He emerges at the end of this tale as a true and noble hero.
Un grande classico
Penso che sia utile rivisitare i grandi scrittori inglesi, preferibilmente in lingua originale. Molte parole sono oggi desuete o hanno un significato diverso. Anche l'inconfondibile stile di Dickens non e' certamente un modello per l'inglese moderno, che si vuole conciso ed essenziale, quindi il contrario del modo di scrivere di Dickens.
Book was dented
Delivery is fast but book covered was not is good condition!!!
Brilliance
Epic and immensely moving tale that appeals to the most ancient and deeply-imbedded concept in the human soul: light and darkness. The sweeping, gripping account of Revolution is balanced by the personal portraits of Darnay and Carton, the symbolic light/dark, sun/moon of the tale. Dickens adds his own immense gifts of imagery, metaphor, description, characterization and humor to the blood-soaked era to craft this unforgettable novel - one of his finest, and thus firmly fixed to the canon of great books of the world.
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