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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): A Tale of two Cities
CHARLES DICKENS
Michael Habacher
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A TALE OF TWO
CITIES
THE AUTHOR TELLS US ABOUT A TIME, WHEN
ENGLAND AND FRANCE WERE RULED BY KINGS. THE REASON FOR THE REVOLUTOIN IN FRANCE
WAS, THAT THE ARISTOCRATS LIVED ON THE BACK OF THE POOR PEOPLE. THERE WAS NOT
ENOUGH FOOD AND THE QUEEN, MARIE-ANTONETTE SAID,”IF THEY HAVEN’T GOT
ANY BREAD, THEY CAN EAT CAKE!” NEVERTHELESS THE PEASENTS HAD TO PAY THEIR
TAXES, ALLTOUGH THEY DIDN’T OWN THE LAND. THE ARISTOCRATS ON THE OTHER
HAND WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO PAY TAXES DISPITE THE FACT THAT THEY OWNED THE LAND.
THE SLOGAN OF THE REVOLUTION WAS : FREEDOM, UNIFORMITY, BROTHERLYNESS. THE KING
LUDWIG XVI AND HIS QUEEN MARIE-ANTONETTE TRIED TO ESCAPE BUT THEY WERE CAUGHT
AND EXCUTED.
THE BOOK IS ABOUT THE
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. FIRST THE RICH MEN LED FRANCE. ONE OF THEM WAS THE MARQUIS
OF ST. EVRÉMONDE. HE DROVE TOO FAST WITH HIS CARRIAGE AND KILLED A CHILD
FROM A POOR CITY. THE FATHER OF THIS CHILD HELD ON, RID UNDER THE CARRIAGE AND
KILLED THE MARQUIS WHEN HE SLEPT. THIS MAN WAS CAUGHT, HANGED ON A 14 METRE HIGH
GALLOWS AND LEFT HANGING THERE. THE PEOPLE BECOME VERY ANGRY, STORMED THE
BASTILLE ON JULY 14TH , 1789 AND FREED ALL PRISONERS. THEY MADE NEW
LAWS, FOR EXAMPLE THAT ALL RELATIVES OF A MARQUIS HAVE TO BE KILLED. AFTER THE
DESTRUCTION OF THIS SYMBOL OF SUPPRESSION, THE REVOLUTION IN WHOLE FRANCE BEGAN.
CHARLES DARNEY WHO WAS THE NEPHEW OF THE MARQUIS HAS GONE TO ENGLAND AFTER THE
MURDER OF HIS UNCLE. THERE HE MARRIED LUCIE MANETTE WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE
FORMER PRISONER OF THE BASTILLE, DOCTOR MANETTE. WHEN CHARLES CAME TO FRANCE HE
DIDN’T KNOW THE NEW LAWS AND WAS TAKEN TO PRISON. AFTER A JUDICIAL HEARING
THEY LET HIM FREE. THREE YEARS LATER THEY FOUND OLD PAPERS IN THE FORMER CELL OF
DOCTOR MANETTE AND KILLED DOCTOR MANETTE, HIS DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND CHARLES
DARNEY.
I THINK THE BOOK WAS GOOD BUT THERE
WERE MANY JUMPES OF PERSONS AND PLACES. IT DESCRIBES THE SITUATION OF THE PEOPLE
IN FRANCE IN THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION VERY GOOD. THE STORY WAS VERY SHORT BUT
THERE WHERE MANY LONG DIALOGES. THE LAST THING IS THAT YOU NEVER FOUND OUT WHAT
IN THE PAPERS WAS WRITTEN.
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