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It was the best of times, it was the worst
of
times...
Lucie
Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while
he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally
reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined
with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the
dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence,
revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the
backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French
Revolution.
Charles
Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a
clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up
in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was
send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had be
taken to the debtors' prison.Fagin is named after a boy Dickens
disliked at the factory. His career as a writer of fiction started
in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in
periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was
published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his
friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of
Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still
running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop
brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity
America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858.
Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel, The
Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster
Abbey.