Tale of Two Cities

Posted on December 12, 2007 | Comments Off on Tale of Two Cities

This is one of Chas Dickens’s books I never read. Probably the most often quoted ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…"), especially in the preamble to annual corporate reports, but possibly the least widely read. So I’m remedying that for me via this service which dispatches installments via email five days a week. I’m on No. 10 of 170 today, and enjoying the tale of Mr. Lorry and Miss Manette.

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0 responses to “Tale of Two Cities”

  1. Eva's avatar Eva | December 12, 2007 at 8:42 am |

    Was required reading at the high school I went to. Joe

  2. Eva's avatar Eva | December 12, 2007 at 8:42 am |

    Was required reading at the high school I went to. Joe

  3. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 12, 2007 at 9:00 am |

    I think we had to read Moby Dick. I don’t recall ever being required to read Dickens, though I have read The Christmas Story, of course, and Bleak House and David Copperfield.

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 12, 2007 at 9:00 am |

    I think we had to read Moby Dick. I don’t recall ever being required to read Dickens, though I have read The Christmas Story, of course, and Bleak House and David Copperfield.

  5. jdallen's avatar jdallen | December 12, 2007 at 3:55 pm |

    Whoa. I read Moby Dick before we were required to. Then, I went and read Typee and Omoo, then on to Billy Budd, Foretopman. Bartleby the Scrivener was probably the most interesting of the lot. I think it may have been the forerunner to things like Dilbert, The Office, and Office Space.

  6. jdallen's avatar jdallen | December 12, 2007 at 3:55 pm |

    Whoa. I read Moby Dick before we were required to. Then, I went and read Typee and Omoo, then on to Billy Budd, Foretopman. Bartleby the Scrivener was probably the most interesting of the lot. I think it may have been the forerunner to things like Dilbert, The Office, and Office Space.

  7. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 12, 2007 at 6:42 pm |

    From Bartleby to Dilbert is a strange progression. Yet fitting, somehow.

  8. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 12, 2007 at 6:42 pm |

    From Bartleby to Dilbert is a strange progression. Yet fitting, somehow.