![]() ![]() Dickens’ principal historical source was The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, the revised edition of which was published in 1857. Published in 1858 and set in the two cities of London and Paris, the novel covers the years from 1757 to 1794, against the backdrop of the revolutionary fervor in France. Irrespective of such differences in opinion, A Tale of Two Cities wins the accolade as the most popular in terms of sales because, alongside Don Quixote, it is usually listed as the best-selling novel of all time, with sales exceeding 200 million. Each of us has our favorites, and each invariably begs to differ with his neighbor’s choice.ĭoes David Copperfield deserve pride of place, or Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations or Bleak House ? Who can possibly know which is Dickens’ greatest work? It’s a mystery as insoluble as that surrounding Edwin Drood in Dickens’ last, unfinished work. ![]() ![]() His works have forged their way into the canon to such a degree that it is much more difficult to know which of his novels to leave off the recommended reading list than it is to choose which to include. It could be argued-and has been argued-that, after Shakespeare, Charles Dickens is the finest writer in the English language. ![]()
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