FESTIVAL READ

A TALE OF TWO CITIES
by CHARLES DICKENS

 
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”

February 2012 is the bi-centenary of his birth, and the Folkestone Literary Society will be celebrating with the rest of the country, so to kick-start the celebrations we have chosen A Tale of Two Cities for both the Festival Read and the Festival Film.
Written in 1859, set in London and Paris, before and during the French Revolution, it ranks amongst the most famous of his works.
It is hoped that as many people as possible will read the book and come along to Quarterhouse on 12th November at 4pm to a special Festival Read Event with Professor Michael Slater, Dickens expert and author.

If you have read the book and would like to give others the opportunity to do so, please leave your book around the town at a pub, cafe, hairdresser, doctor or dentist’s waiting room, or indeed any public place where others can pick it up to read.
Do leave your name and comments inside the front cover to let people know that they are welcome to take it away. The book can be obtained from Waterstone’s in Folkestone or any other bookshop. Alternatively, it is available from the library, or you might be lucky enough to find one that somebody has left around the town.