Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения.A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens` greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle`s great work - The French Revolution - and also on his own observations and investigations during numerous visits to Paris.`The best story I have written` was Dickens` own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities, and the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author`s unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering, self-sacrifice, and redemption.
ISBN: 9781853260391
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2018
This collection brings together perhaps the finest of Dickens` shorter novels, filled with event, character, and the unsurpassed brilliance of his story-telling. Oliver Twist enhanced and strengthened Dickens` reputation and contains classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity. Hard Times was attacked by Macaulay for its "sullen socialism", but 20th-century critics - George Bernard Shaw and Leavis praised it in the highest terms. A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens` greatest historical novel, traces the lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. A fascinating range of characters and Dickens` usual...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-059-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011