Proposal 6: A Tale of Two Cities (Novel- Charles Dickens)

[iAnwar Horizon]

I propose reading and discussing A tale of Two Cities by the great Charles Dickens

Here is a small preface about it:

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With 200 million copies sold, it is the most printed original English book, and among the most famous works of fiction

This is Amazon's Editorial Review:

Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette. While political events drive the story, Dickens takes a decidedly antipolitical tone, lambasting both aristocratic tyranny and revolutionary excess--the latter memorably caricatured in Madame Defarge, who knits beside the guillotine. The book is perhaps best known for its opening lines, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," and for Carton's last speech, in which he says of his replacing Darnay in a prison cell, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known."

Expect the following Topics: Fate, Oppression/Class Struggle, and much more...

As a start I will set the 20th of Jan 2010 as a starting date for discussion!

[Samerron]

I guess it is one of the popular classics that one must read. Consider me in, but I prefer to push the discussion date a bit further for people to buy the book and read it. Does 25th of January seems a good date for discussion?