Tale of Two Cities

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Charles Dickens: Tale of Two Cities (1985, Dodd Mead)

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Published April 6, 1985 by Dodd Mead.

ISBN:
978-0-396-02372-2
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The storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade - this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work, A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, he casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with unforgettable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father ; the heroic Sydney Carton, who gives his life for the love of a girl who would never be his.

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Subjects

  • 1789-1799, Revolution
  • Fiction
  • France
  • History
  • Paris (France)

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