Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two Cities

Beschreibung

Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a gripping tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. The novel follows the lives of Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English lawyer, as they navigate the turbulent events of their time. With its unforgettable characters, sweeping narrative, and vivid descriptions of life in revolutionary France, A Tale of Two Cities is one of the most enduring and beloved works of literature. As you journey through the pages of this book, you will be swept up in the drama, romance, and tragedy of Dickens' masterful storytelling. A Tale of Two Cities is a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its rich language, complex characters, and powerful message of hope and redemption.

Autor

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsea, England. His parents were middle-class and suffered financially. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family faced financial crisis, which forced him to quit school and work in a shoe polish manufacturing factory. Dickens's mother and siblings eventually joined him. Dickens continued to work at the factory for several months. In the factory the horrific conditions haunted him throughout his life. Dickens never forgot the day when a senior boy in the warehouse took it upon himself to instruct Dickens how to do his work more efficiently. As a young adult, Dickens worked as a law clerk and later as a journalist. He perceived the darker social conditions of the Industrial Revolution. A collection of semi-fictional sketches entitled Sketches by Boz earned him recognition as a writer. Dickens began to make money from his writing when he published his first novel, The Pickwick Papers in 1836. The Pickwick Papers was hugely popular and Dickens became a literary celebrity at the age of twenty-five. Dickens's themes included wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. In 1836, Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, but after twenty years of marriage and their ten children, he fell in love with Ellen Ternan, an actress many years his junior. Soon after, Dickens and his wife separated. Dickens remained a prolific writer to the end of his life, and his novels - Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Bleak House - continued to earn critical and popular acclaim. He died of a stroke in 1870, at the age of 58.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Living Book Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781922950079
• ISBN-10: 1922950076
• Artikelnr.: 69051310