Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: A Tale of Two Cities, one of Charles Dickens’ most representative work, reveals and criticizes the fact that the working people suffered the oppression from the aristocracy. Moreover, the novel showed that the revolution was bloody and cruel. Dickens revealed his benevolent spirit, namely, he showed sympathy for the poor working people and urged people to use love to dissolve hatred. Some critics thought that his spirit was unpractical fantasy. Through the analysis of Dickens’ life and times, the novel A Tale of Two Cities as well as his other works, the author points out that Dickens’ benevolent spirit has its practical meaning in modern times.
DOI: 10.3968/7896
Authors: GUO, Yanan, HAN, Meizhu
Institution: Shanxi Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2184456046