A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities is shorter and more compact than many of Dickens' novels and also more serious. Set in England and France during the French Revolution, it deals with ideas of grace and resurrection and explores the mob mentality of the Revolution. It is also a love story. |
Contents
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BOOK THE SECONDTHE GOLDEN THREAD | 97 |
XVIII Nine Days | 371 |
XIX An Opinion | 384 |
XX A Plea | 399 |
XXI Echoing Footsteps | 407 |
XXII The Sea Still Rises | 428 |
XXIII Fire Rises | 438 |
XXIV Drawn to the Loadstone Rock | 451 |
BOOK THE THIRDTHE TRACK OF A STORM | 473 |
I Five Years Later | 98 |
II A Sight | 110 |
III A Disappointment | 123 |
IV Congratulatory | 150 |
V The Jackal | 163 |
VI Hundreds of People | 175 |
VII Monseigneur in Town | 199 |
VIII Monseigneur in the Country | 215 |
IX The Gorgons Head | 226 |
X Two Promises | 249 |
XI A Companion Picture | 265 |
XII The Fellow of Delicacy | 273 |
XIII The Fellow of No Delicacy | 287 |
XIV The Honest Tradesman | 297 |
XV Knitting | 317 |
XVI Still Knitting | 339 |
XVII One Night | 361 |
I In Secret | 474 |
II The Grindstone | 497 |
III The Shadow | 509 |
IV Calm in Storm | 519 |
V The WoodSawyer | 528 |
VI Triumph | 540 |
VII A Knock at the Door | 553 |
VIII A Hand at Cards | 564 |
IX The Game Made | 589 |
X The Substance of the Shadow | 614 |
XI Dusk | 642 |
XII Darkness | 650 |
XIII Fiftytwo | 667 |
XIV The Knitting Done | 692 |
XV The Footsteps Die Out For Ever | 716 |
Common terms and phrases
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