{"id":4234,"date":"2016-01-13T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2016-02-21T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T18:57:48","slug":"a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/a-tale-of-two-cities-by-charles-dickens\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a>Quotes from A Tale of Two Cities<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A Tale of Two Cities <\/em>is\u00a0<\/em>the twelfth novel by\u00a0Charles Dickens. \u00a0The book was published in weekly installments in All the Year Round<\/em>. The first chapters of the book were published\u00a0in April of 1859.\u00a0 The last chapter was printed in November of that same year.<\/p>\n

The book deals with the French revolution. It’s one of the two historical novels by Dickens. \u00a0Barnaby Rudge<\/em> is the other.<\/p>\n

The idea for the novel came from a production of The Frozen Deep. \u00a0I<\/em>n 1857 Dickens acted in the play and portrayed the character of Richard Wardour.\u00a0 (Dickens was interested in the stage and sometimes performed in amateur productions.) In the play Wardour decides that he\u2019s going to kill Frank Aldersley because Frank stole his true love, Clara Burnham.\u00a0 Instead Wardour saves\u00a0Aldersley\u2019s life at the cost of his own.\u00a0 Wardour dies in Clara\u2019s arms and earns her eternal gratitude for saving the life of the man that she loves.<\/p>\n

In addition to giving Dickens\u00a0the idea for A Tale of Two Cites<\/em>, the play brought about lasting changes to Dickens\u2019s life. \u00a0Professional actresses were hired to act in a benefit production of The Frozen Deep.\u00a0 <\/em>One of them was Ellen Ternan.\u00a0 She became Dickens\u2019s mistress.\u00a0 Their affair lasted until Dickens\u2019s death in 1870.<\/p>\n

Learn More about A Tale of Two Cities<\/em><\/h2>\n