Product details
- Categories: EEB3S6EN English Section
- Publisher: NORTON WW & CO. Ltd.
- ISBN: 9780393264234
- Publication Date: 15/09/2019
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 448
- Language: English
Summary
“Robert Douglas-Fairhurst’s new edition of A Tale of Two Cities sets the reader down in the midst of Dickens’s vibrant life and times. Douglas-Fairhurst, a gifted biographer of Dickens, has created an edition rich in biographical and historical detail, including a useful range of Dickens’s related writings, as well as an excellent selection of classic and more recent Dickens scholarship.” ―DEBORAH LUTZ, University of Louisville
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The first edition of the novel (1859) accompanied by twenty-seven illustrations, from original images by Halbot Knight Browne (“Phiz”) to cartoons from The Simpsons.
- An expansive introduction and detailed explanatory annotations by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
- Thematically organized contextual materials designed to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Dickens on France and the French,” “Revolution and Aftermath,” “Living Graves,” “Learning French,” “The Composition of A Tale of Two Cities,” and “Theatrical Versions.”
- Fourteen major critical assessments of A Tale of Two Cities: five contemporary reviews and nine modern essays.
- A chronology and a selected bibliography.