A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The story unfolds with these opening words
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...."
Revolving around the time of Revolution in France and threading the story with happenings in two cities at that time- Paris and London it captures all emotions prevailing in that time- Love, hate, poverty, power, mistrust, bloodshed and so on.
To present such a sad story with a dispersion of humour and wisdom all through it truly justifies the Author's fame and respect.
A good book is a rollercoaster of emotions and this one definitely succeeds in taking you through that. All kinds of emotions are there in the story and the events are threaded in a way to give a show of the artist that the author is. I have always been amazed at the art of storytelling and this book is an addition in that regard.
Given how developments in the 20th century have led us (me more so) to falsely think people living a couple of centuries before that were very removed from us in almost all aspects. Well, this clears that misconception. The characters are very much relatable even the lifestyle, save few, gives and takes, is very much similar.
Easily the best book in fiction I have ever read.
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