Saturday, November 19, 2011

Review: A Tale of Two Cities

Hi Everyone!
Well I guess we've all been a little to busy in high school to focus much on the blog, but we still have time to post! In english we've been reading A Tale of Two Citites by Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities is a marvelous book focusing on London and Paris during the french revolution. It follows the story of Doctor Manette, his daughter Lucie and her husband Charles. Manette had been a prisoner of the Bastille in france for 18 years and did not know of the existence of his daughter until she was fully grown. Lucie, his daughter, is married to Charles who, in turn, has had his fair share of imprisonment. The family struggles to kep an upbeat outlook during the revolution while they navigate the bloody streets of Paris. No one is quite sure who is innocent and no one can comprehend the terrible threat of a mob of confused badly treated people. I had to read this book for english, and we were told to read one or two chapters a night. I ended up not being able to put it down it was so good! Highly reccomend it! and my fellow bloggers out there - miss you guys!

- Sara C.