IDENTITY
A Tale of Two Cities
Literature
Work Summary
A historical novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The intertwined lives of Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette and Sydney Carton connect private sacrifice and family loyalty with imprisonment, revolutionary violence and social upheaval.
Evidence Summary
He values the literary character as vividly as a painted figure.
Explicit comparison between a literary character and figures in painting.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Dickens
Work
A Tale of Two Cities
Years / Period
22–24 Jun 1880
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Compared / Connected, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
22–24 Jun 1880 — Letter 155
Compared / Connected · Discussed character / read
Van Gogh says he loves Dickens's character 'Richard Cartone' in Paris et Londres en 1793.
Response: He values the literary character as vividly as a painted figure.
Connection: Explicit comparison between a literary character and figures in painting.
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