Re: Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Thu, 1 May 1997 16:18:29 -0100
My dear Mr Mullins,
Foreshadowing is not a word we used, talking about the
art of fiction in my day, but it is not too difficult to
interpret. I hope readers found that my first chapter
"foreshadowed" both public events to come, and private
involvement in them. And I hope the phrase "recalled to
life" gave some taste of the kind of mystery that was to
ensue.
Mr Lorry's dry, self-proclaimed incapacity to understand
matters other than business surely predisposes the reader
to wait for him to be exposed to such matters. The
resemblence between Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay,
I like to think, is something that percipient readers
would have foreseen leading to consequences in addition to
Darnay's acquittal at his trial. But above all, the roots
that Dr Mannette, Lucie and Darnay have in France, the
tranquility of their home in Soho, the turmoil in Paris -
these things, I hope, led readers to expect conflict and
resolution.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>To whom it may concern:
> I am researching Charles Dickens for my english class. The
>assignment is to read other peoples paper on Charles Dickens and then
>make my own paper. The topic I chose was to examine his foreshadowing
>methods in the book "Tale of Two Cities. If you have any info on this
>could you please send it to me.
>thank you
>W.C. Mullins
>
>
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