A review by smilesgiggle
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

5.0

I read this book for the first time at 14. I remember it was to earn honor points for English class. No brainer. Though I was impressed by the story, I felt like I had read my first adult book. I didn't retain the plot - reading it again was a new experience.
Dickens portrays the tragedy of the French poor stomped on by generations by nobility. Starving. Naked. Dying.
La Guillotine gives them power and consumes their humanity.
The Dr's story- heartbreaking. The sacrifice- heartbreaking.
Madame Defarge - a woman scorned. The French Helen of Troy - feeding a revolution with her hatred.