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A Different Take on A Tale of Two Cities
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
This work is actually a cryptic narrative on "Duality" the first few words of the book begin the
"Duality" theme. The year is 1775 and the French revolution is in its infancy. A battle between
the aristocracy and the peasants, and Doctor Manette and his "death"" And "resurrection"" are
somewhat a duality. Actually Manette spent 18 years in the Bastille going in and out of sanity.
After the mail-coach chapter, which seemed boring, we find ourselves in 1780^five years later.
Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat had renounced his true name, St. Evremonde, and moved to
England. Stands accused of treason against England. Sydney Carton a colleague of the lawyer
defending Darney, and also a rouge and a drunkard with a less than desirable reputation, steps
into the case and is able to acquit Darnay. Carton shows the court the resemblance between
himself...
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