Book Report
Class 13转本4班 No. 1320210123 Name 王倩 Title of the book A Tale Of Two Cities Author Charles Dickens Time of Publication 1992-05-31 Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd Main characters Marquis St. Evremonde, Doctor Manette, Lucie Manette, Jarvis Lorry, Miss Pross, Monsieur Defarge, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, Gabelle Mary Penname(If any) Bozs Gist of the story It is one of Dicken’s most important representative work. The novel profoundly exposed the society contradiction before the French Revolution, intensely attacks the aristocratic social class is dissolute and cruel, and sinserely sympathizes with the depressed classes. The novel also described many magnificent scenes like the revolt people attacked Bastille and so on,which displayed people’s great strength. The complex hatred is hard to solve, the cruel revenge has made more hatreds, loves rebirth in the hell edge, but take the life as the price. 10 sentences that impress me most 1. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won’t make you cry. 2. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them. 3. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 4. Don’t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn‘t willing to waste their time on you. 5. Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. 6. A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted. 7. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 8. 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. 9. Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 10. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can‘t have them. 20 words I have learned from the book unceasingly 继续地，不断地 aphorism 格言 muffled (声音）被隔住的 wigged 戴假发的 tread 踩，踏 erene 沉静的，安详的 atheistical 无神论的 spiky 尖刻的，易怒的 traitorous 叛逆的，背信弃义的 remonstrance 抱怨，抗议 galleantly 勇敢的，大胆的 emissary 使者 ammunition 弹药，军火 forbearance 忍耐，克制，宽容 despoil 掠夺 monseigneur 阁下 requisition v.征用 destitute 极度贫乏的 n.征用，征用令 audible 听得见的 villainy 邪恶行为，罪行 pillory 使受公众嘲笑;将…示众 Comments A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens. The key events take place just before and during the French Revolution. The novel is set mostly in London and revolutionary Paris. In my opinion, it is a tale about love,tolerance and revenge. First of all, let’s turn to love, It is the love of Sydney Carton hears that Lucie Manette will get married to Charles Damay, instead of being angry, he promises Lucie that he would give his life to keep someone she loves alive because he loves her so much. This kind of love is beyond love itself. In the end, he keeps his promise. Then it comes to tolerance. Compared to the revenge of Madame Therese Defarge, the tolerance of Dr. Alexander Manette is precious and meaningful. Revenge comes at last. Dickens has a gift for telling about the aspects of contemporacy society. It is common sense to regard a revolution as a progressive social movement which causes great changes in culture,economy and politics. However, Dickens maintains a special perspective on the French Revolution.The Guillotine cut off the heads of many, many people the powerful and the cruel, but also the beautiful ,the innocent and the good. Everything has two sides, the same goes for the revolution. It removes something bad,laggard and evil ,and to some extent,it removes something good,nice and fair inevitably.
