Daily Book Review – A Tale of Two Cities

I would argue that Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” is the most powerful story of unrequited love ever written. The selfless acts of Sydney Carton for his beloved Lucie rise to a spiritual level, not unlike Christ’s love expressed through his crucifixion. Perhaps I am overdoing the comparison since Dickens wrote popular lessons for the common man and the Bible was written for… Well, let me just say that the redemptive love of Sydney Carton is something to which all men should aspire and that all women desire.