Class Conflict in Charles Dickens' a Tale of Two Cities

by Dedria Bryfonski

Book Overview

When a French doctor is imprisoned for eighteen years, he is released and united with his daughter, whom he has never met. The story of their life in London, and the conflict between her husband and the people who imprisoned her father, bring back ghosts from the past. Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is known for its opening sentence, but the novel raises questions that explore income inequality, globalization, and the fate of civil rights when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737769750
• ISBN13: 9780737769753
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12