Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities: A SourcebookRuth F. Glancy Since its publication in 1859, A Tale of Two Cities has remained the best-known fictional recreation of the French Revolution, and one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. A Tale of Two Cities blends a moving love story with the familiar figures of the Revolution--Bastille prisoners, a starving Parisian mob, and an indolent aristocracy. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Dickens's dramatic novel offers:
This volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of A Tale of Two Cities and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Dickens' text. |
Contents
List of Illustrations X X xi | 5 |
Dickenss Sources for his Portrayal of the French Revolution | 12 |
Contemporary Documents | 30 |
Interpretations | 56 |
From Sir James Fitzjames Stephen A Tale of Two Cities 1859 | 62 |
From George Orwell Charles Dickens 1940 | 68 |
From Albert Hutter Nation and Generation in A Tale of Two Cities 1978 | 83 |
From Cates Baldridge Alternatives to Bourgeois Individualism in A Tale | 93 |
The Novel in Performance | 102 |
Introduction | 111 |
Key Passages | 115 |
Recommended Editions of A Tale of Two Cities | 167 |
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argues aristocracy Baldridge Barsad Bastille Bastille prisoner Carlyle Carlyle's Carton's death CD's Chapter character Charles Darnay Charles Dickens château child Cities coach Contemporary Documents Contextual Overview Darnay's dead Defarge's Dickens's Doctor Manette Ellen Ternan England English Ernest Defarge essay Evrémonde eyes father feudal figure fire footsteps Foulon France French Revolution Frozen Deep Gaspard's guillotine Hablot Knight Browne hand hero Household Words human hunger Hutter imprisoned Jacques John Forster Key Passages King Launay living London looked Lorry Lucie Manette Lucie's Madame Defarge Manette's McWilliams Miss Pross Modern Criticism Monsieur the Marquis murder night Paris peasant play plot political portrayal Press readers reading resurrection revolutionary Saint Antoine scene September Massacres Simon Schama Sourcebook edited Stoehr stone face storming story streets Sydney Carton Tale Tellson's Bank Terror Thomas Carlyle Victorian wall Wardour Wilkie Collins wine wine-shop woman women writing