143. Title & Author: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (363 pages)Genre: Fiction--Literature
Completed: 3 May 2010
Summary & Review:
For years Lucie Manette thought she was an orphan, but she finally discovers that her father is not dead, but had been locked up as a political prisoner in the infamous French prison, the Bastille. After returning to England with her seriously disturbed father and nursing him back to health, she falls in love with and marries another French émigré, Charles Darnay. During the fiery passion of the French Revolution, Darnay is drawn back to his native land to save a man wrongly imprisoned. But, when the revolutionaries discover his true identity as a member of an aristocratic family, he is next in line for the guillotine. Only the selfless kindness of a friend deeply in love with Lucie can save Darnay from his sealed fate.
Sometimes I think they invented writing just for Charles Dickens. This book is both beautifully written with excellent metaphors and similes embellishing a thrilling plot and has an incredible message of selfless love and sacrifice. Many of the passages were powerful and deeply touching showing Dickens' mastery of the written word.
This edition is a facsimile of a 1937 printing by the Nonesuch Press. It includes all of the original artwork, editing, and layouts of that timeless edition in an elegant hardcover. A very big "thank you" goes to my wonderful wife who gave this copy to me for Christmas.
Rating: 10.0
1 comments:
"Sometimes I think they invented writing just for Charles Dickens." Wow, that's a pretty bold statement! And a 10.0 - WOW! Maybe I'll sneak this off your shelf and give it a whirl :)
LYB
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