ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

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Who wrote ‘Hard Times’ and ‘A tale of two Cities’?
A
John Milton
B
Charles Dickens
C
John Webster
D
Daniel Defoe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Tale of Two Cities, novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Tale of Two Cities was partly an attempt to show his readers the dangers of a possible revolution. This idea was not the first time a simple-and incorrect-conviction became the occasion for a serious and powerful work of art.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among Charles Dickens’s many works are the novels The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1838), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), and Great Expectations (1861). In addition, he worked as a journalist, writing numerous items on political and social affairs.

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