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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
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February 6, 2012
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April 29, 2012
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HISTORICAL FICTION
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* HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES - BOOKS COMPLETED - POLL RESULTS - NEW POLLS - BOOKS BEING DISCUSSED OR PLANNED
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Historical Fiction - Civil War Era
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This topic has been closed to new comments. ARCHIVED: COMMUNITY ROOM (OFF TOPIC CAFE FOR CONVERSATION)
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21. MY LIFE ~~ October 31 - November 6th ~~ Chapters FIFTY-FIVE and Epilogue (882 - 957 or end of book); No Spoilers Please
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This topic has been closed to new comments. ARCHIVE ONE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~
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BECKY'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2012
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This topic has been closed to new comments. ONE - START HERE - 2015 - Readathon Five Date: October 24th, 2015 - 8AM to Noon - Check-In - CHECKPOINT ONE - FIRST CHECK IN
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This topic has been closed to new comments. TWO - 2015 - Readathon Five Date: October 24, 2015 - Noon to 4PM - Check-In - CHECKPOINT TWO - SECOND CHECK IN
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What Members Thought

Richard Subber
Dec 01, 2016 rated it it was amazing
It's been so long since I read this intense love story that much of it seemed new to me when I read it again. That's not bad. I am always attracted to Dickens' dialogue. His characters feel what they say and they distinctly say what they mean. Sydney Carton, of course, is the protagonist. He does the 18th century version of singing the blues and he's a laid back superhero. I don't mean to disdain his performance; Carton perfects his moral life in a bravely spectacular way, and the escape of Evre ...more
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Mary Stephanos
Jun 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
This is a brilliant book, but brilliant only in the last 75 or so pages, when Dickens throws himself into the plot with vigor. The first 3/4 of the book lumber along like so many tumbrills on death's path. Not to mention that his characters--in this novel at least--lack depth, excepting perhaps Sydney Carton and gloriously vengeful (but ultimately one-note) Therese Defarge, knitting a continuous stream of victims for La Guillotine. That the violence at the heart of the story begins with a single ...more
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Laura
Mar 03, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Throughout most of this novel I was slapped in the face again and again as I realized how difficult it is to read a book with vocabulary that makes one think. I found myself rereading paragraphs and/or skimming with my 21st century mind that is filled with attention "disorders" in regards to concentration. Dickens is not easy to read. Beyond that, the story itself didn't really interest me until the last third of the book. This is not because I don't like historical fiction. I do. I just had a d ...more
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Cole
May 06, 2007 rated it really liked it
Feenie
Jun 24, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: historicalfiction, classic
Scott
Jul 08, 2007 rated it really liked it
Ryan
Jul 12, 2007 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Oni
Jul 23, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, classics
Andi
May 18, 2008 marked it as to-read
Christian
Jan 07, 2009 marked it as to-read
Emily Reynolds
Mar 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics
Isabel
Jun 15, 2009 rated it liked it
Liz
Feb 22, 2010 rated it really liked it
Emily
Jul 08, 2010 rated it liked it
lin
Jul 24, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction
Elaina
Apr 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Renee
Jun 07, 2011 rated it liked it
cassady cooper
Jul 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Patrick
Jul 27, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
nawir nawir
Oct 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: novel-luar
Jason
Oct 29, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: bbc-100-classics
Devin Mcnulty
Aug 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Steve
Mar 31, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Grace
Nov 26, 2022 rated it it was ok
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