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| | 79.05.02: Teaching A Tale of Two Cities |
 | | At one of our many meetings held this past year where curriculum was developed, we learned that the one freshman literature book available however, that studying A Tale of Two Cities as the anthology presents it, is a less than satisfying experience for both me and for my students. |
 | | I may read a passage or two to my students, or, better yet, I may send a few of the more interested students to do a little research on their own. |
 | | The introduction is complete—covering biographical sketches of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, court life during the Old Regime, the extravagance of the King:s house, the King s levée, Versailles, the dress of the period, the people of France, the three estates, taxes, the Bastille, Louis’s attempt at reform, the guillotine, and the Reign of Terror. |
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