A Tale of Two Cities

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Oxford University Press, 2000 - Foreign Language Study - 88 pages
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About the author (2000)


Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of England's greatest novelists. Born into a poor family (his father was once imprisoned for debt), Dickens became both rich and famous in his lifetime.

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