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: 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!

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Summary: AWESOME BOOK
Review: I read this book for my freshmen AP English class. I was expecting it to be some incredibly hard reading, and it was, but it was also an excellent book. It was a great example of a classic, it told of a important historical event, but at the same time it was a suspenseful and romantic novel by a great author. Although it took patience to read the unabridged version, it was definitely worth it, and I would recommend reading it to anyone.