A Tale of Two Cities
$16.80
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2003
Summary
A Tale of Two Destinies: Love, Revolution, and Sacrifice
After eighteen years of unjust imprisonment in the Bastille, Dr. Manette is freed and finds solace in reuniting with his daughter in England. There, fate intertwines their lives with two contrasting men: Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat in exile, and Sydney Carton, a brilliant but flawed English lawyer. Both are captivated by Lucie Manette’s grace, drawing them into a complex web of affection and loyalty.
But the tr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439600 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141439602 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Charles Dickens |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 12000th |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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”[A Tale of Two Cities] has the best of Dickens and the worst of Dickens: a dark, driven opening, and a celestial but melodramatic ending; a terrifyingly demonic villainess and (even by Dickens’ standards) an impossibly angelic heroine. Though its version of the French Revolution is brutally simplified, its engagement with the immense moral themes of rebirth and terror, justice, and sacrifice gets right to the heart of the matter … For every reader in the past hundred and forty years and for hundreds to come, it is an unforgettable ride.“-from the Introduction by Simon Schama
About The Author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years.
Richard Maxwell teaches in the Comparative Literature & English departments at Yale.
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