Charles Dickens's a Tale of Two Cities: A Sourcebook Book

List of Illustrations Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Contexts
Contextual Overview Chronology Contemporary Documents:
From Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (1781-88) From Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution (1837) From Charles Dickens, "Philadelphia and its Solitary Prison" (1842) From [Charles Dickens], "Judicial Special Pleading" (1848) From [Charles Dickens], "Where We Stopped Growing" (1853) From Charles Dickens' Book of Memoranda (1855-c.1866) From Wilkie Collins, The Frozen Deep (1857) From [Percy Fitzgerald], "The Eve of a Revolution" (1858) From Charles Dickens, The Letters of Charles Dickens, (5 June 1860) Part 2. Interpretations Critical History Early Critical Reception: From Anonymous, "Charles Dickens's New Work. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) From Anonymous, A Tale of Two Cities (1859) From [Sir James Fitzjames Stephen], A Tale of Two Cities (1859) From Anonymous, A Tale of Two Cities (1860)
Modern Criticism: From G.K. Chesterton, "Introduction" A Tale of Two Cities (1906) From George Orwell, "Charles Dickens" (1940) From Taylor Stoehr, Dickens: The Dreamer's Stance (1965) From Ana Laura Zambrano, "Charles Dickens and Sergei Eisenstein: The Emergence of Cinema" (1975) From John P. McWilliams, Jr., "Progress without Politics: A Tale of Two Cities" (1977) From Albert Hutter, "Nation and Generation in A Tale of Two Cities" (1978) From Garrett Stewart, Death Sentences: Styles of Dying in British Fiction (1984) From Chris Brooks, Signs for the Times (1984) From Cates Baldridge, "Alternatives to Bourgeois Individualism in A Tale of Two Cities" (1990) From Lisa Robson, "The 'Angels' in Dickens's House:Representation of Women in A Tale of Two Cities" (1992) From Simon Petch, "The Business of the Barrister" (2002)
The Novel in Performance From Juliet Benita Colman, Ronald Colman: A Very Private Person From Arthur Hopcraft, "The Spirit of Revolution" Part 3. Key Passages Note on the Key Passages Synopsis of the Plot Chronology of the Novel and the French Revolution
Key Passages The Preface, Book One, Chapter 1, "The Period" Book One, Chapter 2, "The Mail" Book One, Chapter 3, "The Night Shadows" Book One, Chapter 5, "The Wine-Shop" Book Two, Chapter 3, "A Disappointment" Book Two, Chapter 6, "Hundreds of People" Book Two, Chapter 7, Monseigneur in Town" Book Two, Chapter 9, "The Gorgon's Head" Book Two, Chapter 19, "An Opinion" Book Two, Chapter 21, "Echoing Footsteps" Book Two, Chapter 22, "The Sea Still Rises" Book Two, Chapter 23, "Fire Rises" Book Three, Chapter 2, "The Grindstone" Book Three, Chapter 9, "The Game Made" Book Three, Chapter 13, "Fifty-two" Book Three, Chapter 14, "The Knitting Done" Book Three, Chapter 15, "The Footsteps Die Out For Ever" Part 4. Further Reading Recommended editions of A Tale of Two Cities Recommended Collections of Essays and other Book-length Source Materials Critical Studies