This month the Codex Book Club is reading Charles Dickens' classic A Tale of Two Cities. A monumental work from one of the greatest literary figures in history.We'll be meeting to discuss the book on Thursday night, April 24th.
The location for the meeting hasn't been decided, but be sure to check back here regularly for more details.
Our first point of discussion is a simple question...
How do you respond to Dickens' style of writing? His choice of words and vocabulary is spectacular, what are some of the challenges reading a work like this?
The times Dickens' describes are not pretty. Early on in the book, there's a scene in which a box of wine breaks and pours out onto the street. The onlooking people quickly run to drink up the spilled wine, some lapping it up through the mud. How does the conditions of society early on in the book play into the story?
Happy reading!
