Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Dr. Tony Williams's lecture on A Tale of Two Cities

Tale of Two Cities:

- There is a third city: Manchester
- In 1857, Dickens and Collins worked to write Frozen Deep
- Tale of Two Cities and Frozen Deep are connected 
- Dickens fell in love with Turner's daughter, Ellen, and separated with his wife the following year
- Lucie represents Ellen's appearance
- Dickens saw the connections and organizations when writing about London
- He writes that this is the best work his has ever written
- There are highly personal influence on the work that's been incorporated

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