A Tale of Two Cities

Type

Book

Authors

Dickens, Charles

ISBN 10

1566193230

ISBN 13

9781566193238

Tags

Classics, Historical, Literary, Literature

Abstract

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy.

Description

Human story of the French Revolution, a time of terror and treason, when a starving population rose in fury to overthrow a corrupt and decaying regime.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Fiction
History
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles Dickens
ISBN: 9781566193238 1566193230 1566193095 9781566193092
OCLC Number: 1112789805
Description: 374 pages ; 22 cm
Series Title: Barnes & Noble classics
Responsibility: Charles Dickens.

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