A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens was listed as one of “The 10 Best-Selling Fiction Books of All Time” by Collider. The book, which is considered a masterpiece by many, has sold more than 200 million copies. Some of the only other books to reach this milestone are Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
As described on Goodreads, where the book has a 3.88-star rating, “A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction.”
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As one teacher said, “While A Tale of Two Cities is masterfully written with sly humor, densely meaningful descriptions, a cast of quirky characters only Dickens could create, an endless series of telling binaries and foils, and relevant social commentary about the French Revolution as well as Dickens’ time, it is also simply a damn good story. By a damn good storyteller.”
Although Dickens did not receive any literary awards during his lifetime, A Tale of Two Cities was adapted into a 1935 film that was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing. The film currently has a 93% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer said, “It’s everything I expect from a Dickens adaptation: a grand, sweeping storyline; impeccable period costumes and sets; and colorful villains and selfless heroes.”
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Dickens is one of the most well-known authors of all time. In addition to writing A Tale of Two Cities, he is also known for writing iconic stories like A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and Great Expectations.
Dickens died in 1870 at the age of 58.
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