A Tale of Two Cities

From April to November, 1859, Charles Dickens wrote “A Tale of Two Cities” in weekly installments. This method of writing a novel was genius. The suspense kept the readers excited about the next installment and it made a lot of money. Also, the regular person could read it. At the time most books were owned and read by the wealthy, but, since the newspaper could be passed around and afforded by almost everyone, it opened up Dickens’ reader demographic.