Tale of Two Cities
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This document provides background information about Charles Dickens and the setting for his novel A Tale of Two Cities. It discusses Dickens' life and work, the caste system and taxation in pre-Revolutionary France that left the people poor, the French Revolution and some of the major events, and important locations mentioned in the novel like the Bastille prison in Paris, the Old Bailey courthouse in London, and Saint Antoine in Paris near the Defarge's wine house. Students are assigned to read Chapter 1 for the next class to have a discussion.
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Charles Dickens was a famous English novelist from the Victorian period known for iconic novels like A Tale of Two Cities. A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859, tells a story set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It depicts the cities' differing atmospheres - Paris represented wisdom and belief while London represented foolishness and disbelief. The passage provides context on Dickens and an excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities, then compares photos of buildings and streets from Lviv and Paris to illustrate similarities between the two cities.
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3. Sydney Carton is in love with Lucie but sacrifices himself by taking Darnay's place at the guillotine to save him so that Lucie may remain happy with her husband and daughter.
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- 2. Caste System in France
- 3. The French Revolution
- 8. Oliver Twist
- 9. Great ExpectationsHe wrote over 50 published pieces in his lifetime
- 10. Time For A Little History Lesson… http://www.neoclipart.com/history-clipart/10078-history-clipart.html
- 12. Taxation was very high on all items because France did not trade many goods, and that is how the government earned its money.
- 13. The people were also made to pay 1/10 of what they earned to the church.
- 16. Married Marie Antoinette Archduchess of Austria.
- 18. The French Revolution http://britishreactionstotherevolution.wordpress.com/about/
- 19. Main Events The storming of the Bastille and the Great Fear The March of Versailles Rifts in the Assembly The Reign of Terror The beheading of the Royal Family and Nobility A group known as theDirectory was formed
- 20. Important Locations Mentioned in the Novel The Bastille The Old Bailey Saint Antoine
- 22. Event: Storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution
- 23. Doctor Manette spent 18 years therehttp://www.solarnavigator.net/history/french_revolution.htm
- 24. Old Bailey Courthouse The courthouse located in Central London Dealt with the Major cases of England Located in Crown Court where Lucy Manette lived Where Charles Darnay is charged with Treason Where we are introduced to Sydney Carton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oldbaileylondon-900.jpg
- 26. Where the Defarge’s Wine House is locatedhttp://www.phonk.net/Images/Peille/index
- 27. Read Chapter 1 for tomorrow…we will have a discussion in class.