A Tale of Two Cities Notes

- Dicken's first conceived the main idea while acting with his children and friends in the drama Of the Frozen Deep
- 1857 Dicken's assisted his friend in writing Of the Frozen Deep
- Fell in love with a minor actor in Of the Frozen Deep and left his wife for her
- 1858 Dicken's began series of public readings for profit, he continued to do some charity public readings
- In 1859 the first three chapters of A Tale of Two Cities were published
- Dicken's visited Paris at least forty times
- Dicken's was drawn to a morgue in Paris, it was a major tourist attraction
- Work for A Tale of Two Cities was viewed as below his standards
- Pleased with the way the novel turned out
- Calls it the best story he had written
- Manages to build suspense and tension in a marvelous way