Describe the significance of two dities in" A Tale of two cities"
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Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
A Tale of Two Cities
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Cover of serial Vol. V, 1859
Author
Charles Dickens
Illustrator
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Cover artist
Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Historical novel
Set in
London and Paris, 1775–92
Published
Weekly serial April – November 1859
Book 1859[1]
Publisher
London: Chapman & Hall
Pages
341 pages (Paperback)
Dewey Decimal
823.8
LC Class
PR4571 .A1
Preceded by
Little Dorrit (1855–1857)
Followed by
Great Expectations (1860–1861)
Text
A Tale of Two Cities at Wikisource
Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time.[2][3] In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll.[4] The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to have an influence on popular culture
The slow, patient, silent process of knitting symbolizes the hatred that is building up among the French people and will ultimately be released in one of the most violent and dramatic explosions in human history. Most of the people whose names are being recorded in Madame Defarge's knitting will end up under the infamous guillotine, a towering device which is itself a supreme symbol of the French Revolution. There were so many people being decapitated that the executioners needed a machine to keep up with the work.The guillotine is a horrible tool and seems to represent the horrors of the revolution and especially of the so-called Reign of Terror.