Dr. Tony Williams's Gresham College lecture on A Tale of Two Cities

There was wine provided by sponsor....

• One of Dickens' inspiration was the drama "The Frozen Deep" and acting with his children, this gives the novel personal significance (he helped write the drama)
• Lucy, in the novel is meant to resemble the woman he left his wife for (Ellen)
• Many of his characters have his initials...or have them backwards "CD" or "DC'
• Public Readings for Profit
• The novel was initially published by parts. The first three chapters were published first
• Setting: London and Paris
• Dickens was sent to live in London because of his father="extensive and peculiar knowledge of the city"
• Believed Paris was the most interesting place in the world
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