“A TALE OF TWO CITIES” IS A VERY TOUCHING STORY PENNED BY CHARLES DICKENS. IT IS A GRIPPING STORY OF GREAT VALOR AND SELF-SACRIFICE. “A TALE OF TWO CITIES” REVOLVES AROUND THE DRAMATIC BACKDROP OF 1789. DICKENS DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO FRENCH HISTORY AS HE WANTED TO WRITE THE NOVEL PRECISELY.THIS STORY HAD A LASTING, HELPING TO SHAPE THE WAY MANY PEOPLE THINK OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR. THE POOR PEOPLE DIED ON THE STREETS EVERYDAY, WHILE THE RICH PEOPLE GREW FAT ON THEIR MONEY. DISMAYED BY THIS INJUSTICE, CHARLES DARNAY—A POWERFUL LANDLORD’S SON ESCAPES FROM FRANCE AND GOES TO ENGLAND, IN ORDER TO FORGET ABOUT HIS PAST. BUT WHEN HIS SERVANT WRITES HIM A LETTER AND ASKS FOR HIS HELP, HE IS FORCED TO RETURN TO HIS COUNTRY. HE FINDS HIMSELF ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE……
“A TALE OF TWO CITIES” WAS PUBLISHED IN A WEEKLY MAGAZINE—“ALL YEAR ROUND”. DICKENS DISCRIBES THE HORRIFYING TRIALS AND EXECUTIONS IN PARIS BUT IT EXCELS IN HISTORIC CONTEXT.
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