Here stood an unforgettable man amidst bloodbath of the French Revolution. More nobler than any condemned nobility, he bravely carried a pure love against intense hatred.
The 2nd novel by Dickens that I’ve read. I blamed it on my own incompetence for all complicated sentences that I encountered. For once I understood them, I was awestruck by how vivid Dickens’ mere proses were to my mind. The opening scene was the most dramatic, most splendid, and the grandiosest of every book I’ve ever read. Even if the ending was hinted and became obvious once Sydney Carton opened himself to Lucie Manette, Dickens managed to captivate me in his storytelling and cinematographic writing until the end. Oh, and how delightful were the satires and metaphors! I hope I would have enough time to read all other works of Dickens before I die.
Favorite character: Sydney Carton—because who could not? He will always stay at the top among most memorable characters on my list.
