Tale of Two Cities Lecture notes.

• Manchester is the third of the two cities.
• Preface outlines Dickens' influence on the story.
• Dickens wrote play "The Frozen Deep" in 1857.
• Dickens fell in love with a woman named Ellen.
• Ellen influenced the character Lucie in A Tale of Two Cities.
• By 1857 his marriage was falling apart and got a divorce.
• April, 30, 1859 Dickens publishes chapters 1-3 of A Tale of Two Cities.
• Dickens knew every inch of London.
• Dickens hated but loved London.
• Dickens loved Paris and went there 15 times between the years 1844-1868.
• A Tale of Two Cities was one of two historical novels Dickens wrote, it covered the years leading up to the 1785 French Revolution and the years following.
• The main characters were based off of Dickens and other people in his life.
• Dickens thought that A Tale of Two Cities was the best book ever written.