Have no idea about that, all I remember is that when the paperback book of "Tale of Two Cities" was required to be read, in my 8th grade English class, I broke the piggy bank, and bought the Cliff Notes version at the local mall Walden's books.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Dickens’ books and have read several. It was his literary style that brought the plight of the poor and and disrespected classes of Industrial Era UK to the forefront in his stories and the minds of his readers.
While Jane Austen’s novels pertained to the aristocracy and the middle classes, Dickens novels primarily dealt with the lower classes and their plight................