t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was
the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,
it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season
of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had
everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going directly to
heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so
far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on
it's being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of
comparison only”
Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
This was written some 160 years ago but if you read
carefully it applies to what’s happening now
Charles Dickens a British novelist wrote 14 immortal novels,
they are still getting printed up till now, downloaded as e-Books too
Can’t see a child holding an empty plate and not think of
Oliver Twist, or someone without any
spirit for holidays without Scrooge crossing my mind.
Although his characters were rich and colorful that you even
can see them move as you read, I had always this black and white sometimes grey
pictures in my head when reading his novels, I had even thought that color was not
in at those times, but this is how things were when Dickens wrote his
masterpieces, times were hard, people were poor and thieves all around also reminds
me of our current times now, in color
His books were adapted for movies and theater, over and over
again. Sometimes with a modern twist, like the Great Expectations modernization
with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke in 1998
Today, February the 7th 2012 marks 200 years of
the birth of the world’s best storyteller
Dickens at 200 has never been younger
Huda
Tuesday 07 February 2012
