Reviews for The companion to A tale of two cities

The average rating for The companion to A tale of two cities based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-06-07 00:00:00 Warren Harris I'm reading this alongside TTC, obviously. It was especially useful in the beginning, when the book is heavier than usual on historical references and allusions. Has some nice quotes from Carlyle, etc., on which Dickens apparently based a lot of the book. It also has bits of the manuscript from where he changed things, and I guess I'm always interested in that as a writer. The book occasionally does not provide information where I would like--definitions of domestic items, customs, which would not be familiar to a modern person--or when I find plot points a bit confusing. I suppose that's what Cliff's Notes are for. :P

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-09 00:00:00 Anthony Sideli Though despising the setup (book by book, rather than chapter by chapter), it did have some very useful commentary, as well as summing up the book in less than 50 pages, versus 320 pages. I was especially glad I had this when I got to the last 4 or 5 chapters of A Tale of Two Cities, because I was really tired and trying to finish it and missed a lot. I had no idea who was related to whom and how, or what was going on, and this did clear that up for me.