Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities (Annotated) Charles Dickens

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its period. History of Two Cities, (1859), is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution. With more than 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works in the history of fiction literature. The novel describes the plight of the French peasants demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years before the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries towards the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and the many unfavorable social parallels with life in London for the same period of time. This follows the lives of several protagonists through these events.