Tale of Two Cities Lecture Notes

- Instead of Carton he wanted to name him Richard. 

- 1858, public readings for profit then he became the most influential writer of the century.

- June of 58, domestic trouble.. divorce. 

-April '58 chapter three of Tale of Two Cities was published

-Ten year old brought from his work indused father... ----> haunted him. His experiences gave him peculiar and instensive knowledge of the city. 

- Vile place, acknowledgement of his creative place.. (London) 

-London is there but disconnected (Like a newspaper)

- The victorians were haunted by the French Revolution 23 years before Dickens was born. 

- Tale of Two Cities show the horror of the revolution, the bottom of the social structure, industrialization of the era. 

-The novel was a serial, published weekly

- 1859 published in US

- A friend named "The Tale of Two Cities," for interest.. and photo. Dickens decided on the name. Published well around. Dickens was comfortable with the monthly "teaspoon" 

- This illustrator, hasty and rushed pictures. Illustrated Tale of Cities terribly, he didn't feel like his illustraor didn't capture the book. 

-Cliff hanger endings is what helped audience keep reading every week. For entertainment.