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I forgot to mention this earlier which is probably just as well. People tend to only focus on a single thought from a particular posting, although what there is to say about the fact I have (finally) finished reading A Tale of Two Cities, I sure don't know.
Already mentioned that I was enjoying it more than the other novels of his I read, possibly because it was more story and less explicit in social agenda. Despite the long gaps in my reading I still did enjoy it quite a bit. Dickens seems not able to resist stringing improbable connections throughout the tale so that at the end he shakes it out to reveal a small spiderwebbed world. At the end I think I would I felt most strongly for Sydney Carton (but he caught my interest immediately he was introduced). Also proud of (and sad for) Miss Pross. I disliked her when she was introduced and her character did not really change, I think, but a matter of perspective can do wonders for whose side one is on.
I do not know how accurate the portrayal of the French Revolution was but I had the impression that, in any case, he was setting the story in that period to make a point about the (then) present. The scenes in the last part of the story echoed so that I am sure other writers have taken inspiration from them.
Enough for now. Next up, Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel!
Already mentioned that I was enjoying it more than the other novels of his I read, possibly because it was more story and less explicit in social agenda. Despite the long gaps in my reading I still did enjoy it quite a bit. Dickens seems not able to resist stringing improbable connections throughout the tale so that at the end he shakes it out to reveal a small spiderwebbed world. At the end I think I would I felt most strongly for Sydney Carton (but he caught my interest immediately he was introduced). Also proud of (and sad for) Miss Pross. I disliked her when she was introduced and her character did not really change, I think, but a matter of perspective can do wonders for whose side one is on.
I do not know how accurate the portrayal of the French Revolution was but I had the impression that, in any case, he was setting the story in that period to make a point about the (then) present. The scenes in the last part of the story echoed so that I am sure other writers have taken inspiration from them.
Enough for now. Next up, Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel!
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