A Tale of Two Cities
1859 • 544 pages
Ratings203
Average rating3.5
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Ratings203
Average rating3.5
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr. Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.
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Once you get into the meat of the story, you are riveted. The twists can make you laugh or cry or tear your hair out in frustration at the characters. You really become invested in the story, and the suspense is palpable.
Another unbearable classic. I just had to have a Dickens in my abandoned list.
After an hour of listening, nothing that interested me. No main characters were introduced, no plot established, the dialogues were pointless and boring.
Read 1:04 / 14:40 7%
Couldn't do it. I tried so hard. There were some great lines, but I couldn't care less about the characters. Sorry not sorry.
Kind of long exposition... but stick with it. Read the first two-thirds slowly. Savor Dickens's writing. Be patient. Then keep enjoying, only more so.
