Re: Themes in A Tale Of Two Cities
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 14:28:03 -0100
My Dear Miss Frisch,
You are asking, I think, about the major motifs of my book, "A Tale of Two
Cities."
"A Tale of Two Cities" is a tale of people caught up in a revolution, a
tale of injustice, cruelty, madness, heroism, self-sacrifice and
self-discovery. It is a tale of how political upheaval can overwhelm
ordinary human decencies, and how these have to be preserved by the best and
the most determined. It is also about London and Paris late in the
eighteenth century, something for which I had to use my historical
imagination, since I was writing seventy years after the events I described.
Do these few words give you useful pointers?
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Mr. Dickens,
>
>I am currently reading A Tale Of Two Cities. I find this book difficult,
but enjoying to read. I was wondering what are the major motifies you are
trying to protray through this novel.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Carrie Frisch
>
>
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