Teacher Guide: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
[Originally published in Ready Readers: High School Literature, Vol. 1]
One of Dickens' most acclaimed works, A Tale of Two Cities is a moving story of love and self-sacrifice set amidst the violent upheaval of the French Revolution and its Reign of Terror. Utilizing a brilliant cast of characters, from the half-mad Dr. Manette and his angelic daughter Lucie to the cynical Sydney Carton and the cruel Defarges, Dickens explores the extremes of human nature. Through foreshadowing, irony, metaphor and allusion, he expounds the themes of faith, redemption, loyalty, bitterness and more
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