| The Annotated A Tale of Two Cities Contributor(s): Alleyn, Susanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1535397438 ISBN-13: 9781535397438 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Study Aids | Book Notes |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.40 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: You've read A Tale of Two Cities-perhaps more than once. But what are gaols, bumpers, tocsins, farmer-generals, and the Court of King's Bench? Where are Shooter's Hill, Temple Bar, and La Force, and who on earth was Mrs. Southcott? And did all those starving French people have baguettes in mind when they wanted bread? The Annotated A Tale of Two Cities is not a literary analysis of Dickens's novel, but a source of information for the new reader, the longterm fan, and the student, about things, people, places, and events mentioned in the text. In 780 notes to the unabridged novel, historical author and independent scholar Susanne Alleyn explains Dickens's references to things and places familiar to 19th-century Londoners, illustrates his many literary allusions and Victorian expressions, and provides an in-depth, factual background to his gripping but often misleading depiction of the French Revolution-a period that owes much of its distorted image today to the popularity of A Tale of Two Cities itself. *This book was previously released under the title A Tale of Two Cities: A Reader's Companion.* |