Positivity Through Books: Day- 21

Name of the Book: A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens

     A Masterpiece never needs an introduction or a review. The novels are considered to be one of the greatest art forms which expresses the beauty of human life. Charles Dickens is the master and the greatest novelist of the Victorian era who made the readers to fall in love with the long scripts called novels. He has written around 15 novels. Each of his novels are considered to be the masterpieces but few of his novels will stay in the hearts of the readers till the end of their life and one among that best evergreen work which is loved by the majority of readers is “A Tale of Two Cities”.

      The novel “A Tale of Two Cities” was published in the year 1859. The plot of the novel revolves around the French Revolution and its impacts in the society. The major characters in the novel are Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Lucie Manette, Dr. Manetee, Madame Defarge and Jarvis Lorry. Each and every character in the novel will teach us few life lessons. Few character will teach us about how a human should lead his life and few characters will be the examples which will show us how a human should not be in his life.

     Apart from all this the novel portrays the life and places in London and France. The opening line from this novel is the most famous one which reads “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”.

     Do read this novel if you are searching for something good to read. The novel has many things to teach and it will also make you fall in love with its great grand narrative.