A Tale of Two Cities: Book 2, Chapters 14-19

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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It’s the episode in which we dig into the ways Dickens uses different tones of voice in various sections, the way his writing creates a tableau-like effect, how the serialization of the story should impact our reading, and question on morality that the book’s introduction of the French Revolution raises. In other words, it’s another conversation on A Tale of Two Cities! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:04.2	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.9	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:09.0	And you're listening to Close Reads a podcast for the Incurable Reader.
0:13.4	Listeners, we have the giggles.
0:15.0	On which we are discussing Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
0:18.2	We are going to discuss chapters 14 through 19, I believe it is, of volume book the second.
0:26.2	It sure is, David.
0:27.6	Yeah.
0:28.4	Yeah, we were just having a rousing, humorous conversation as we were trying to start recording.
0:34.8	And we just, you know, couldn't snap out of it.
0:37.0	And Heidi even warned us she was going to have the giggles.
0:38.8	And then she didn't, but Sean did.
0:40.3	Well, her face.
0:41.3	David's a professional.
0:42.9	David is like the wives and steady voice of reason.
0:46.8	That's right.
0:48.2	I could do it.
0:48.7	Yeah, definitely what I've been known for on this series.
0:52.4	Okay, so we are here to discuss A Tale of Two Cities.
0:57.3	Sean, how's it going?
0:58.3	You know, one thing that I noticed sometimes about this podcast is that here I am,
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