Anglais Understanding Charles Dickens's a tale of two cities (IMPRESSION A LA DEMANDE)

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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 demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward 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.

A Tale of Two Cities was published in weekly instalments from April 1859 to November 1859 in Dickens's new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. All but three of Dickens's previous novels had appeared only as monthly installments. It was the time of the French Revolution - a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds. Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England. It would seem that they could take up the threads of their lives in peace. As fate would have it though, the pair are summoned to the Old Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman - Charles Darnay - falsely accused of treason. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom, the dissolute lawyer's clerk Sydney Carton. It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once. Brilliantly plotted, the novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.

Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette.


Rayons : Littérature > Romans & Nouvelles
Rayons : Parascolaire > Classiques / Textes et commentaires > Français / Littérature


  • Auteur(s)

    Charles Dickens

  • Éditeur

    Books On Demand

  • Distributeur

    Sodis

  • Date de parution

    12/02/2019

  • EAN

    9782322151172

  • Disponibilité

    Disponible

  • Nombre de pages

    460 Pages

  • Longueur

    21 cm

  • Largeur

    14.8 cm

  • Poids

    661 g

  • Diffuseur

    Books on Demand

  • Support principal

    Grand format

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, né à Portsmouth (Hampshire) le 7 février 1812, mort à Gadshill (Kent) le 9 juin 1870, est un écrivain britannique. Issu d'une famille peu fortunée, Charles Dickens est né dans un petit faubourg à Londres. C'est un enfant malheureux car son père entre en prison à cause des dettes alors qu'il n'a que 12 ans. À la sortie de l'école, il entre dans un cabinet juridique et, poussé par une grande curiosité intellectuelle, fréquente assidûment les salles de lecture. Employé comme sténographe dans une revue, il se fait rapidement remarquer. En 1837, avec Les Aventures de M. Pickwick, chef-d'?uvre de l'humour britannique, le succès est immédiat. Dès lors, il partage sa vie entre la littérature et les voyages. Il meurt, riche et célèbre, à cinquante-huit ans. Écrivain engagé, Dickens a su concilier - grâce à un talent de conteur indéniable - condamnation de la m isère et de l'exploitation industrielle et description de petits tableaux de la vie quotidienne, bourrés d'humour. Ses personnages caractéristiques et inoubliables ont fait de lui un écrivain très populaire, une figure centrale de la littérature du XIXe siècle.

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