I had always thought that books written by Charles Dickens are booring and difficult to understand. After I had read the two first two chapters of this book I still thought that the book will be as booring and difficult to understand as I had thought but after the third chapter I realized that I had been wrong. Now I think that the book is interesting to read because of its historical aspect. I have noticed there are a lot of words in this book that I have not seen anywhere else before and therefore it takes me long time to read the book because I have to check so many words on my dictionary.
The beginning of A Tale of Two Cities takes place in year 1775. The first part of the book (or Book the first) basically tells about Mr. Lorry's and mademoiselle Manette's journey to France. Mr. Lorry works for Tellson's Bank and the reason for the journey is to take mademoiselle Manette's father - Doctor Manette - back to England. Doctor Manette has been released from prison (or "recalled to life") only a short time earlier after he had spend 18 years in prison in France even though he was innocent . Because Ms. Manette was very young when he was sentenced to prison, she doesn't remember much about her father. When Mr. Lorry and Ms. Manette arrive Paris, they find Doctor Manette who is not in very good condition but they still take him with them and travel back to England.
The second part of the book (book the second) takes place five years later so there is a gap in the story and I don't know what has happened during those five years. The second part of the book beginns by a depiction of a trial. A man called Charles Darney is accused for treason. Miss Manette and her father who feels much better now are witnesses and they tell that they had seen the accused on the ship in year 1775 when they came back from France to England. The man is found not guilty and at least miss Manette thinks that it is right.
I'm wondering if it is revealed who is the first person narrator at the beginning of chapter 3 on page 9 . I couldn't figure out who the narrator is and I have a feeling that I may have missed (or skipped) something.
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I had the same feelings about the book; at first I thought it was boring, but now I really like it. I think Dickens switches from first person to third person just to produce a certain effect. I'm not sure what for, but I don't believe the first person narrator is actually a character in the story.
I think that Charles Darnay will be one of the main characters by reading this. Not only do I think this, but I looked at the poster hanging on the wall. I'm not sure what is so significant about him yet, but something seems peculiar about him because there are so many mysteries about him. I don't like how this book has so many mysteries, but at the same time, the mysteries are what make the book so interesting and make you want to keep reading. I don't think that the book is as bad as I thought it would be either.
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