Dickens for Breakfast II

[orts]

Oh, and despite not having read A Tale of Two Cities before, in my reading of the serial just last week I think I have now guessed at Sydney Carton's fate (obviously the residue of having the plot spoiled by references in previous reading over the last thirty years). It's heartbreaking not to be surprised; but I guess, with 150 years of hindsight

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[litlover12]

I tend to blather about the book and all its happenings rather freely myself, especially over at Dickensblog -- along the lines of "I know this is spoilery BUT . . ." Bad habit, but it's so hard not to do it! I feel as if I should apologize on behalf of all the blatherers, though I don't know if I specifically was among the ones that spoiled it for you!

[orts]

I doubt that you spoiled it; I've been consciously avoiding references to this story since the project began (though, of course, part of my point here is that it's impossible to avoid them). It is amazing, though, how many places one might have seen such literary references over time -- billboards, newspapers, Peanuts.

My very non-reading ex-partner used to get grumpy with me every time I pointed out some phrase used in an ad or newspaper article that stemmed from Shakespeare; she'd be, like, "No, it's not, it's just something that everybody says!" But literature is everywhere....

[orts]

By the way, when Tale is done, someone in the UK is starting a 150th anniversary serialization of The Woman in White -- also from All The Year Round.

[litlover12]

Cool! And you know, "Great Expectations" also has a 150th coming up! :-)