A Tale of Two Cities

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Joe Books Ltd, Feb 25, 2014 - Fiction - 430 pages

Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a masterpiece of English literature. It follows a wide cast of characters from all levels of society, but focuses most closely on Sydney Carton and his friendship with Lucie Darnay and her husband, Charles. Sydney is in love with Lucie and even after she is married, he promises to sacrifice anything for her and the people she loves. When Charles, an aristocrat and an innocent, is sentenced to death for the crimes of his father, Sydney's dedication to Lucie is put to the ultimate test.

 

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CONTENTS Preface
The Period
The Mail
The Night Shadows
The Preparation
The Wineshop
The Shoemaker Book the Secondthe Golden Thread
Five Years Later
A Sight
A Disappointment
Congratulatory
The Jackal
Hundreds of People
Copyright

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Arguably one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens is the author of such literary masterpieces as A Tale of Two Cities (1859), A Christmas Carol (1843), David Copperfield (1850), and The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1839), among many others. Dickens's indelible characters and timeless stories continue to resonate with readers around the world more than 130 years after his death. Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870.

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