Nirvana In Karma

I read A Tale of Two Cities earlier this year, my first and only Dickens after A Christmas Carol in middle school. It is allegedly the least-Dickensian Dickens, take that as you will. There is powerful symbolism and in the novel, as well as poignant descriptions of the class-struggle that was happening before and during the Revolution. It is, however, marred by stale melodrama, and is sprinkled with references to be lost to the reader if their edition lacks footnotes. From what I've heard historians aren't too kind about his liberal take on the events of the Revolution either.