Miss Pross and Mr. Lorry
John McLenan
25 June 1859
8.2 cm high by 8.9 cm wide (3 ¼ by 3 ⅜ inches)
Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Book II, Chapter VI, "Hundreds of People," 405.
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Harper's Weekly (25 June 1859): 405; this text previously appeared in the UK in All the Year Round on 18 June 1859. Finding Dr. Manette and Lucie away from home, Jarvis Lorry begins a conversation with the eccentric, but unselfishly devoted, Miss Pross, who, jealous of others' receiving any of Lucie's attentions, complains about curiosity seekers as "hundreds of people."
Passage Illustrated
"I don't want dozens of people who are not at all worthy of Ladybird, to come here looking after her," said Miss Pross.
"Do dozens come for that purpose?"
"Hundreds," said Miss Pross.
It was characteristic of this lady (as of some other people before her time and since) that whenever her original proposition was questioned, she exaggerated it.
"Dear me!" said Mr. Lorry, as the safest remark he could think of. [Book the Second — "The Golden Thread," Chapter VI, "Hundreds of People," 405]
Other Illustrated Editions (1859-1910)
- Hablot K. Brown or 'Phiz' (16 illustrations, 1859)
- Sol Eytinge, Junior (8 illustrations, 1867)
- Fred Barnard (25 illustrations, 1874)
- A. A. Dixon (12 illustrations, 1905)
- Harry Furniss (32 illustrations, 1910)
Related Material
- John McLenan's Thirty-One Headnote Vignettes for A Tale of Two Cities in Harper's Weekly (7 May — 3 December 1859)
- Hablot Knight Browne's (Phiz's) Monthly Serial Illustrations (June-December 1859)
- McLenan's and Phiz's Illustrations for
A Tale of Two Cities (1859): A Correspondence?
- Images of the French Revolution from Various Editions of A Tale of Two Cities (1859-1910)
Bibliography
Allingham, Philip V. "Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities (1859) Illustrated: A Critical Reassessment of Hablot Knight Browne's Accompanying Plates." Dickens Studies. 33 (2003): 109-158.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). London: Chapman and Hall, 21 November 1859.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Illustrated by John McLenan. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, 7 May through 3 December 1859.
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities: A story of the French Revolution. Project Gutenberg e-text by Judith Boss, Omaha, Nebraska. Release Date: September 25, 2004 [EBook #98].
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With illustrations by John McLenan and Rowland Wheelwright. Orinda, Cal.: Sea Wolf Press, 2021.
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