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The Annotated A Tale of Two Cities
Susanne Alleyn
The Annotated A Tale of Two Cities
Susanne Alleyn
You've read A Tale of Two Cities-perhaps more than once. But what are gaols, bumpers, tocsins, farmer-generals, and the Court of King's Bench? Where are Shooter's Hill, Temple Bar, and La Force, and who on earth was Mrs. Southcott? And did all those starving French people have baguettes in mind when they wanted bread?
The Annotated A Tale of Two Cities is not a literary analysis of Dickens's novel, but a source of information for the new reader, the longterm fan, and the student, about things, people, places, and events mentioned in the text. In 780 notes to the unabridged novel, historical author and independent scholar Susanne Alleyn explains Dickens's references to things and places familiar to 19th-century Londoners, illustrates his many literary allusions and Victorian expressions, and provides an in-depth, factual background to his gripping but often misleading depiction of the French Revolution-a period that owes much of its distorted image today to the popularity of A Tale of Two Cities itself.
*This book was previously released under the title A Tale of Two Cities: A Reader's Companion.*
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 21, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781535397438 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 400 |
Dimensions | 170 × 244 × 21 mm · 635 g |
Language | English |