It is somewhat bemusing to me that the book I decided to read on my long journey to Australia is one recommended by another American who has recently visited your shores. Oprah Winfrey, a great advocate of reading, has picked two Charles Dickens classics to recommend to her admiring followers. Although A Tale of Two Cities was one title she charged her book club members to read, I picked up a paperback edition at my library in blissful ignorance of Oprah’s endorsement. My…
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