Historia de dos ciudades
Charles Dickens
Aug 2010 · LA CASE Books
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Novela histórica en que se narra la vida en el siglo XVIII, en la época de la Revolución francesa. La historia se desarrolla en dos países: Inglaterra y Francia, y en las ciudades de Londres y París en la época de los albores de la Revolución francesa. La primera ciudad simbolizaría de algún modo la paz y la tranquilidad, la vida sencilla y ordenada; mientras la segunda representaría la agitación, el desafío y el caos, el conflicto entre dos mundos en una época en la que se anuncia drásticos cambios sociales.
Se publicó originalmente por entregas en la revista All the Year Round (fundada por el propio Dickens) y apareció en 31 entregas semanales entre el 30 de abril y el 26 de noviembre de 1859. Historia de dos ciudades fue la primera narración de la revista con una aceptación notoria, lo que le permitió alcanzar una tirada de hasta 120 000 ejemplares y consolidar una media de 100 000 ejemplares por semana.
About the author
Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.
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