A Tale of Two Cities - Dickens, Charles
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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens,set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry,demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution,the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution,and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.It follows the lives of several characters through these events.With sales of over 200 million copies,A tale of two Cities is the biggest selling novel in history.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens,set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry,demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution,the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution,and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period.It follows the lives of several characters through these events.With sales of over 200 million copies,A tale of two Cities is the biggest selling novel in history.
Autorenporträt
English author and social commentator Charles Dickens lived from 7 February 1812 to 9 June 1870. He is credited with creating some of the most well-known fictional characters in history and is regarded by many as the best writer of the Victorian era. His books gained an extraordinary level of popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, academics and critics had recognized his literary excellence. Many people read his novels and short story collections today. Dickens, a native of Portsmouth, quit school at the age of 12 to work at a factory that blackened boots while his father was imprisoned for debt. After three years, he returned to school before beginning his writing career as a journalist. Dickens spent 20 years editing a weekly journal, produced hundreds of short stories and non-fiction pieces, 15 novels, five novellas, numerous lectures, and readings, was a prolific letter writer, and actively promoted social reforms like education reform, children's rights, and other issues. Dickens' writing career took off with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers in 1836, a publishing hit that inspired Pickwick products and spin-offs in large part due to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode.