Painting a picture through plots, rather than developing characters through dialogue, Charles Dickens took a turn away from his typical style with A Tale of Two Cities. CliffNotes on A Tale of Two Cities takes you deep into this prime piece of English literature with plot summaries, characters analyses, glossaries, and background about Dickens' motivation for writing a richly detailed account of the best of times and the worst of times. Polish your knowledge of England and France in the late eighteenth century as you take a shine to a story told about economic distress, social unrest, and emerging rights of people -- revolutionary ideas for any age!