Dickens specialized in large casts of characters, and Tom Baker artfully differentiates major and minor characters, men and women, young and old, French and English in this story of the French Revolution. With intonation Baker creates the sound of galloping horses, the terror of those soon to be guillotined, the joy of the crowd. Certainly, this is deservedly labeled a "Classic Bestseller." M.G.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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A Tale of Two Cities] has the best of Dickens and the worst of Dickens: a dark, driven opening, and a celestial but melodramatic ending; a terrifyingly demonic villainess and (even by Dickens’ standards) an impossibly angelic heroine. Though its version of the French Revolution is brutally simplified, its engagement with the immense moral themes of rebirth and terror, justice, and sacrifice gets right to the heart of the matter . . . For every reader in the past hundred and forty years and for hundreds to come, it is an unforgettable ride.”–from the Introduction by Simon Schama
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