... , Michael Caine, George C. Scott and Alastair Sim. Historical subjects did not much interest Dickens. BARNABY RUDGE (1841), set at the time of the 'No Popery' riots of 1780, and A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1859) are exceptions. The latter was set in the years of the French Revolution. The plot circles around the look-alikes Charles Darnay, a nephews of a marquis, and Sydney Carton, a lawyer, who both love ... the same woman, Lucy. Among Dickens's later works is DAVID COPPERFIELD (1849-50), where he used his own personal experiences of work in a ... factory. David's widowed mother marries the ...

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• Approx Pages: 27

... takes place in France and England during the troubled times of the French Revolution. The characters travels to both country but most of the story happens in Paris, France. The hot spot of the French revolutionists, mostly takes place in a wineshop in Paris, because the wineshop owner is Ernest Defarge and his wife, Madame Defarge are the key leaders and officials of the revolution. The action in the book takes place in many parts of ... Paris, such as the Bastille, Tellson's Bank, the home of the Manettes ... ...

• Word Count: 5240
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School