Re: Please help
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:51:36 -0100
My dear Miss Paula,
You ask for advice about how to start an essay on my book, "A Tale of Two
Cities." It is a book about two cities, London and Paris, at the end of the
eighteenth century, and about how they differ. But it was my intention to
warn readers that London in my own day might mimic Paris at the Revolution,
if care was not taken to amend manifest injustices and divisions in society.
"A Tale of Two Cities," however, is a also 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. I like to think that the people who discover important
things about themselves, and change, do so because they experience both cities
I hope these observations give you some ideas for your essay.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Mr. Dickens,
>
>I am a student in 9th grade and i have to do a paper on Tale of Two Cities
which contrasts two places and how they differ and what each place
represents but i am having trouble. I read your novel but i had a hard time
following it so i was wondering if you could please give me some ideas on
how to start my essay. I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>Respectfully yours,
>
>Paula
>
>
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Charles Dickens
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