The book takes place during the French Revolution, 1775, in London, and is centered around Lucie Manette, who cared for her once imprisoned and broken father. Three men, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, and Mr.Stryver, all wish to marry her. Meanwhile, tensions grow in France, and Nobles are being assassinated. Also involved are Mr. Jarvis Lorry, who is a banker at Tellson's bank, Mr.Cruncher, who is a messenger and robs graves, Mr. Defarge, who runs a bar and is investigating the murder of Monsieur the Marquis, and Madame Defarge, who knits Mr. Defarge's findings into patterns that only she can decipher. In France, there were tensions because the Lords lived lavishly while the peasants starved to death.
Possible Research Question: What were the similarities and differences between everyday peasant life in France and England?
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Posted by Dane at 1:26 PM
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Your research question is great and I think you will be able to get far on your research paper
I think our whole group is interested on the impact of the F.R towards everyday life in those areas.
Peasant life in the time the book was published is the zinger question! These are two different time periods..what were the differences in time? How did the governments react differently? In what ways was Dickens' novel a warning to the government?
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