Dickens' notes

Dickens was a writer who got very into his writing. He was seen as a creative genius to the world. And because he was so involved in this creative world he produced, he became distant from the real world. During the time he wrote "Tale of Two Cities" was a time of war throughout the world. In America we were dealing with the Civil War, and in England and Britain they were dealing with the French Revolutionary war. Dickens grew up in a family who did not have a lot of money whatsoever, and because of this , it made him a better writer. This allowed him to relate better with his readers because he had an authentic voice and they were able to immediately identify with him. "Tale of Two Cities" was written in a time in Dickens life in which he was dealing with a lot of pain and problems. You may even say it was his dark period of his life. His father died, and he met an actress and left his wife. This correlates with his somber tone starting off in the novel. A "Tale of Two Cities" is a classical historical novel that describes the French Revolution.