In the book “CS Lewis in Oxford” there is a great image of one of Lewis’ books, totally marked up with marginalia in black and blue.
Finished A Tale of Two Cities. Tomorrow we will be recording on the final chapters. Fascinated by two things:
The complicated nature of the French revolution and the way Dickens portrays it—and the ways that portrayal may or may not be rooted in reality. But ultimately does it matter?
The final ¼ of the book flies by. It’s so dramatic. So I wonder as the threads come together in really satisfying ways if he was feeling his way into them along the way. The book just coalesces, like a sauce comin…