A Tale of Two Cities

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I read this book voluntarily for a book report as a sophmore in high school, and I was extremely impressed. I see now why classics like this get so much recognition and praise. This book was a great way of pairing a non-fiction event with a fictional plot line. Every plot device was matched and brought together with every other one with superb skill. The book was a joy to read, but very complex and hard to understand. I am planning on buying it so I can read it again.

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Summary: I couldn't stand the book
Review: I had to read it for class, so instead I bought the tape

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Summary: I loved it!
Review: I just finished reading this book in my 9th grade Honors english class, and I have to say that I loved it! It was terribly boring at first--very hard reading! And Dickens IS VERY wordy; or, as my English teacher says, he likes to make his point and than slap you in the face with it several times until you get the point! Aside from that however, I really enjoyed the story. I laughed with my friends over the mini battle between Madame Defarge and Miss Pross, and cried with them at Sydney Carton's courage(he made Charles Darnay look meaningless). Although this classic story is by far one of the best I've ever read (Black Beauty is THE best), I don't think I could have enjoyed it nearly as much without my wonderful English teacher explaining every "difficult" section-- and pointing out the humor that Dickens uses, and which many overlook. To fully enjoy this book, you have to read "between the lines", but if you have the patience to do this, I gaurentee you will love this book as much as I do!

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Summary: A great book you should really take the time to read it.
Review: I read this book in 8th grade(two years ago) for a report in English class. I had to read the first chapter about 3 times before I caught on. But once I did I couldn't put it down. This is a Dickens book so it does have a lot of detail and can sometimes for a few pages get dull and boring but its all worth it and you need the details to fully understand the whole book. This will be a book I remember for a long time it has to be my favorite and i'm really glad I took the time out to read it.

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Summary: SIMPLY THE BEST
Review: I cannot ever remember being as thrilled with a novel from the first sentence to the last. Well, on second thought, perhaps Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" brought me as much joy.

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Summary: IT WAS THEN THE SCARLET LETTER, NEED I SAY MORE?
Review: This book was so bad, I considered it bad. MY eyes burned out. I almost was at the point of suciude after the first page. MY friend George suggested I read it for a book report. I didn't relize it was April Fools. Now Goerge is dead.

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Summary: Sure...
Review: the descriptions might have been written to fill us in and catch our attention, or they may have been written because Dickens was paid by the word. Still, it is a good and interesting work, and I enjoyed reading it. Set aside some time, though...

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This book is the epitome of a post-revolutionary society literature. Dickens has insight on the turmoil of the time, as well as making the book exciting and enjoyable to read.

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Summary: This is one of the BEST books I've ever read!!!!
Review: I had got up the curage to finally read this book, after I had seen the movie in French Class. I thought that it was wonderful. A lot of people say that it is very very discriptive, but I thought it needed to be, so that the reader could get a full understanding of the novel. If you have the spare time I highly recommend it:~) It was very very very very good!

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Summary: Not for Pleasure!
Review: Dickens tends to get wordy with all of his books and A TALE OF TWO CITIES is just another demonstration of his wordy work. It is so wordy that the reader gets lost because he/she is thinking of something else. Unless you are a Dickens fan, don't pick this one up!