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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critical Commentary

Influence Of Carlyle.

The inspiration for the writing of "A Tale of Two Cities" came from
Thomas Carlyle, the great Scottish historian and essayist. Dickens, like so
many of his fellow countrymen, had been overwhelmed by Carlyle's book, "The
French Revolution," and he kept it within easy reach on his bedside table.
With the exception of a small volume, Mercier's "Tableau de Paris," all of
Dickens' historical knowledge of the French Revolution and of the city of
Paris during the Revolution came from Carlyle. According to Kitton (see
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