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A Tale of Two Cities

By Charles Dickens

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"A Tale of Two Cities" is published by Book-of-the-Month Club in 1998, it has 337 pages and the language of the book is English.

“A Tale of Two Cities” Metadata:

Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
Language: English
Number of Pages: 337
Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club
Publish Date: 1998

“A Tale of Two Cities” Subjects and Themes:

Subjects: ➤ British - British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) - Children's fiction - Criticism and interpretation - English fiction - English literature - Executions and executioners - Fathers and daughters - Fiction - classics - Histoire - Historia - Historical fiction - History - Juvenile fiction - Lookalikes - Novela - Novela inglesa - Padre e hija - Pères et filles - Readers - Roman français - Sosies - War stories - Reign of Terror - storming of the Bastille - French Revolution - Guillotine - French - Romans, nouvelles - IIIT - French fiction - Comics & graphic novels - British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author) - Drama - Plays - Readers' theater - Juvenile drama - Children's plays, American - France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, fiction - London (england), history, fiction - Paris (france), history, fiction - Fathers and daughters, fiction - London (england), fiction - Paris (france), fiction - Fiction, historical, general - LANGUAGE & LITERARY STUDIES - FICTION CLASSICS - CONTEMPORARY FICTION - Revolution - Classic Literature - Revenge - Loyalty - Political refugees - Friendship - Revolution (France : 1789-1799) - revolution 1789-1799 - Comic books, strips - Adaptations - Literature - Comics & graphic novels, literary - Fiction, general - Reference books - Translations in Japanese - Japanese literature - Translations from English - Translations into Japanese - Juvenile Nonfiction - Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction - Children: Grades 3-4 - History Revolution, 1789-1799--Fiction - City and town life - Long now manual for civilization
People: ➤ Jerry Cruncher - Jarvis Lorry - Alexandre Manette - Lucie Manette - Miss Pross - Charles Darnay - Sydney Carton - John Barsad - Roger Cly - Marquis St. Evrémonde - Madame Defarge - Monsieur Defarge - Mrs Cruncher - Théophile Gabelle - Ernest Defarge - Therese Defarge - Mrs. Cruncher - Mr. Stryver - Monseigneur - Gaspard - The Mender of Roads - The Vengeance - The Seamstress - Lucy Manette
Places: ➤ London - Paris - Bastille Prison - Dover - Faubourg Saint-Antoine - La Force Prison - France - Paris (France) - London (England) - England
Time: ➤ 1775–93 - Revolution, 1789-1799 - 1789-1799 (Révolution) - 1789-1799 - 18th century - Revolution - 1793

Edition Specifications:

Format: Hardcover
Pagination: 337p.

Edition Identifiers:

The Open Library ID: OL44965594M - OL8193465W
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 39160096
ISBN-10: 0965057497
All ISBNs: 0965057497

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DEPENDING ON WHO you listened to, it was either the best of times, or it was the worst of times.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

"A Tale of Two Cities" Description:

The Open Library:

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is probably the most memorable book Dickens ever wrote, from its unforgettable beginning ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times .. .") to Sydney Carton's final soliloquy ("It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done . . ."). The relationship among the main characters—the dissolute lawyer Carton; his near- double, the émigré aristocrat Charles Darnay; and Lucy Manette, the woman they both cherish—is set into motion by the irresistible force of the French Revolution, symbolized by the demonic figure of Madame Defarge, knitting at the side of the Guillotine as the heads fall. Dickens drew much of the historical background of his story from Thomas Carlyle's classic history The French Revolution, published two decades earlier, but the driving force of the narrative owes as much to his love of melo- drama. The novel's motif of twinning—from the book's very title and opening words to its dual heroes and even the pairing of subordinate charac- ters, like Lucy's servant Miss Pross and Madame Defarge—along with the recurring allusions to res- urrection, as in Dr. Manette's being "recalled to life" from the Bastille and Jerry Cruncher's noctur- nal activities in graveyards, reinforce the work's unity and its irresistible momentum, making this novel, the only one with an historical background Dickens ever wrote, as vividly readable today as when it was written.

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