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A Tale of Two Cities , Charles Dickens

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Editura: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS
Autor: Charles Dickens
Nr. Pagini: 352
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Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Senior Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College

Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz)

This novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dicken's based his historical detail on Carlyle's "The French Revolution", and his own observations and investigations during his numerous visits to Paris.

"A Tale of Two Cities" (1859), cel mai mare roman istoric al lui Dickens, parcurge vietile private ale unui grup de oameni prinsi in cataclismul Revolutiei Franceze. Caracterul istoric al romanului se bazeaza pe opera lui Carlyle "The French Revolution", precum si pe propriile observatii si investigatii ale lui Dickens din timpul numeroaselor sale vizite la Paris. Insusi Dickens a spus despre acest roman: "cea mai buna poveste pe care am scris-o" - o poveste care combina faptele istorice cu suferintele si sacrificiile umane.

Despre autor

Charles John Huffham Dickens was born in Landport, Hampshire, his father was a clerk in the Naval pay office.

In 1814 the family moved to London and then to Chatham. In 1824 his father John was sent to Marshalsea debtor’s prison, during this period Dickens was forced to work in a blacking factory, an intensely unhappy time, which was reflected in some of his early works. He worked as an office boy, and as a shorthand reporter in the Commons. Between 1828 and 1836 he acquired a solid reputation for his journalistic prowess, contributing to a wide variety of periodicals etc. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 when some short stories and essays appeared in print.

He married Catherine Hogarth in 1836 and fathered ten children. They separated in 1858. It is widely believed that Dickens preferred Catherine’s sister, Mary, who lived with them and died tragically at the age of seventeen in 1837. Another of Catherine’s sisters, Georgina, moved into the family home and he fell in love with her. He also had a long relationship with an actress Ellen Ternan, whom he met in the late 1850s.

Most of his early novels were published in monthly instalments, including The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop and Great Expectations. From 1844-5 he lived in Italy, Switzerland and France, in 1860 he lived in Rochester, Kent but owned other properties in Gad’s Hill and Peckham.

He had earlier gained immense popularity in America, which he and his wife visited in 1842, though disillusionment followed when he caused offence with his portrayal of Americans in his novel Martin Chuzzlewit, and the publication of American Notes.

After the scandal of separation from Catherine and the rumours of his association with Georgina and Ellen Ternan, Dickens threw himself into an intense period of activity, writing prolifically and giving public readings of his work. He revisited America in 1867-8 and continued to tour on his return to England. Many believe that it was this heavy workload that led to his sudden death from a stroke on June 8th, 1870.

He is often considered the most popular ever English novelist and in his day had many contemporary admirers, including Queen Victoria and Dostoevsky, though it was not until the twentieth century that he received due critical acclaim.

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