A Tale of Two Cities Paris is undergoing a radical shift like Los Angeles was in the late 1960s. American rapper J. Cole recorded the track "A Tale of 2 Citiez" on his album "2014 Forest Hills Drive". He speaks of inner city struggles and the idea that anyone can be pushed to the limit of murder or other terrible acts. A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the
Mariana (Dickens novel) Mariana (Dickens novel) Mariana (1940) is the first novel by Monica Dickens. "Mariana" is a coming of age novel, which describes the growth and experience of Mary Shannon, a young English girl in the 1930s as the first hints of war begin to permeate English domestic life. First published by Michael Joseph, it was reprinted by Persephone Books in 1999 and is the second in their collection. The title is a reference to the poem of the same name by Alfred, Lord Tennyson The novel starts with an adult Mary spending a weekend in an isolated cottage on the Essex