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Important Terms and Concepts
Important Terms and Concepts
Dickensian: HERE
Character List
Character List
London
Jarvis Lorry
Lucie Manette
Dr. Manette
Jerry Cruncher
Miss Pross
John Barsad
Paris
Monsieur Defarge
Madame Defarge
Monseigneur
Charles Darnay
Marquis Evremonde
Gabelle
Gaspard
Additional Resources for Dickens
Additional Resources for Dickens
Understanding Historical Context:
Understanding Historical Context:
Discovering Dickens: Stanford University has done an excellent job gathering together information about Dickens's time as it shows up in A Tale of Two Cities, including tracking allusions contemporary to Dickens and engravings included in the original printing of the novel.
Dickens Journals Online: This community at the University of Buckingham has digitized the original newspaper releases of A Tale of Two Cities so you might have a better sense of how his stories were released as a Serial and the impact that has on the structure of his writing.
Songs of the French Revolution: An overview of some of the songs popular during the French Revolution, including La Carmagnole mentioned by Dickens.
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