A Tale of Two Cities was a book set during the French Revolution. It was a story of a family and girl finding her father, falling in love and escaping certain death. Charles Dickens used a lot of symbolism in this book. With just the first words of the book, the whole story was summarized, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." In France a revolution was eminent. The citizens …showed first 75 words of 433 total…

…showed last 75 words of 433 total…life for the woman he loved, "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." This book was a classic. It featured love, prison, deaths, mob fights, revolutions and some of the best quotes known to man. Charles Dickens' really knew what he was doing. This book is recommended to just about everyone.