What's The Story?

The novel of A Tale of Two Cities  was published in the year 1839 from the months April through November.  The novel was completed in thirty one weekly installments.  The novel is divided into three major sections.  The novel revolves around a French aristocrat and a British barrister, symbolizing the distinct difference between the two social classes.  Dickens use of characterization reflected his own life in that his affair with Ellen Ternan can be seen as the role of Lucie Manette.  Dickens also portrays a large allusion in his novel by setting the main plot line in both cities of Paris and London, knowing that the reader should already be aware of the major class distinctions of that time.