A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two Cities (1859), Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dickens based his historical detail on Carlyle's great work - The French Revolution. 'The best story I have written' was Dickens' own verdict on A Tale of Two Cities, and the reader is unlikely to disagree with this judgement of a story which combines historical fact with the author's unsurpassed genius for poignant tales of human suffering, self-sacrifice, and redemption. |
Contents
BOOK THE FIRST | 3 |
III | 11 |
V | 24 |
VI | 33 |
BOOK THE SECOND | 43 |
III | 54 |
IV | 66 |
V | 72 |
Monseigneur in Town | 87 |
Monseigneur in the Country | 95 |
ΧΙ | 116 |
XIII | 126 |
Knitting | 139 |
Before the prison tribunal | 215 |
The knock at the door | 249 |
Common terms and phrases
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