Talk:A Tale of Two Cities

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I've slightly re-written the opening sentence of the second book's description to include that five years have passed. Maybe somebody could word it a little better than I did? Darkmeerkat 15:46, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I do believe That this novel have three books: "Recalled to Life", "The Golden Thread", and "The Track of a Storm". Please Add the third book into the page. A.K.F.

The closing line of the book, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." is also equally famous as the opening line. Binand

I would concur. I'll add it in. john k 22:47, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sorry to be nitpicking, but Sidney Carton doesn't actually speak those words. If you read the last chapter carefully ([Dickens Online]), you will realise that the mood of the chapter is that had he spoken or written down his last thoughts, then he'd probably have said or penned this line (and most of the chapter as well). Binand

I agree, but how do you put that in the article without making it a "Rosebud"-type spoiler? Ellsworth 22:04, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

The last line may well be famous, but nowhere near as much as the opening line. People who have never heard of A Tale of Two Cities or even Charles Dickens can recite it, which is not the case with the closing. I have made an amendment.Tellkel 14:18, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

"The novel covers a period in history between 1757 and 1793, from the Seven Years War until the middle period of the French Revolution." Yet the first chapter cleary tells us that "It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five." Countmippipopolous

Right, but the way it is now, you get the historical backdrop of the novel. If you just write "1795", some people might not know that it was during the Revolution. Peaceman 29 June 2005 03:48 (UTC)

No, the fellow with the long name is correct - the novel starts in 1775 (as Dickens alludes to the American Revolution and other such events). By the way, you can sign your name with ~~~, or use ~~~~ to sign and date - like this. 140.247.23.18 1 July 2005 23:10 (UTC)

And someone needs to finish the article - as it is now, it seems like the book ends on a massive cliffhanger (he's put into jail... and then...?) :-). I would suggest not quite spoiling the ending - stop the summary before you know who does you know what :-). 140.247.23.18 1 July 2005 23:11 (UTC)

Is "like a true Dickensian patsy" properly neutral language? Orbst 02:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Note about text removal

I should have mentioned this earlier, but I decided to remove the incident about Jerry Cruncher attempting to dig up Roger Cly's body and about him later confronting John Barsad (Solomon Pross) for having removed it, as these events are not crucial to the outcome of the story. - Conrad Devonshire 02:40, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you guys have noticed, but the article got ... owned. Just a heads up. --A faithful Wikipedian.