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A Tale of Two Cities
(Paperback, 1997)
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Author: Charles Dickens
Dickens's only serious, uncomic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and...
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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0451526562
ISBN-13: 9780451526564
May 1997
Publisher: New Amer Library Classics
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Language: English |
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Synopsis
Dickens's only serious, uncomic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion. The beautiful Lucy Manette marries Charles Darnay, the descendant of an aristocratic French family denounced by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. When Darnay is arrested and condemned to death, his place is taken at the guillotine by Sidney Carton, who loves Lucy himself and is willing to die to secure her happiness (and who happens to resemble Darnay). His last words--"'Tis a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done..."--have become nearly as famous as the novel itself, one of Dickens's most popular works despite its sober subject matter. It is also, with BARNABY RUDGE, one of his only two historical novels., Relates the adventures of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves. Illustrated with drawings and maps depicting the period.
| Size | | Height: | 7.0 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.4 oz |
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