Sunday, June 06, 2010

What the Dickens?


"It was da best of times, and not being funny or nuffing, but it was da worst of times, to be honest." Yes, that's one of the most famous first lines in all of literature - Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. What? You don't think that's right? It doesn't quite sound the same as you remember it? Author Martin Baum has been translating and shortening Dickens works for today's youth. Word.

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