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A Tale of Two Cities
Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author)
ISBN: 0486406512     ISBN-13: 9780486406510
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $6.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 1998
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Annotation: Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Dickens unfolds a masterpiece of drama, adventure, and courage featuring Charles Darnay, a man falsely accused of treason. He bears an uncanny resemblance to the dissolute, yet noble Sydney Carton. Brilliantly plotted, the novel culminates in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 98052971
Lexile Measure: 710
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - French
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
 
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Publisher Description:

It was the time of the French Revolution -- a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' great story of unsurpassed adventure and courage unfolds.
Unjustly imprisoned for 18 years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, and safely transported from France to England. It would seem that they could take up the threads of their lives in peace. As fate would have it though, the pair are summoned to the Old Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman -- Charles Darnay -- falsely accused of treason. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom, the dissolute lawyer's clerk Sydney Carton. It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once. Brilliantly plotted, the novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine.