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A tale of two cities : in three books

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: New York : Books, 1868.
Series: The Works of Charles Dickens
Edition/Format:  Book : Fiction : English : Cleartype edView all editions and formats
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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson's Bank. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles Dickens
OCLC Number: 8967350
Description: 374 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: Book the First --
Recalled to Life. 1. Chapter I - The Period ---
2. Chapter II - The Mail ---
3. Chapter III --
The Night Shadows ---
4. Chapter IV - The Preparation ---
5. Chapter V - The Wine-shop ---
6. Chapter VI - The Shoemaker ----
Book the Second --
the Golden Thread. 1. Chapter I - Five Years Later ---
2. Chapter II - A Sight ---
3. Chapter III - A Disappointment ---
4. Chapter IV - Congratulatory ---
5. Chapter V - The Jackal ---
6. Chapter VI - Hundreds of People ---
7. Chapter VII - Monseigneur in Town ---
8. Chapter VIII - Monseigneur in the Country ---
9. Chapter IX - The Gorgon's Head ---
10. Chapter X - Two Promises ---
11. Chapter XI - A Companion Picture ---
12. Chapter XII - The Fellow of Delicacy ---
13. Chapter XIII - The Fellow of no Delicacy ---
14. Chapter XIV - The Honest Tradesman ---
15. Chapter XV - Knitting ---
16. Chapter XVI - Still Knitting ---
17. Chapter XVII - One Night ---
18. Chapter XVIII - Nine Days ---
19. Chapter XIX - An Opinion ---
20. Chapter XX - A Plea ---
21. Chapter XXI - Echoing Footsteps ---
22. Chapter XXII - The Sea still Rises ---
23. Chapter XXIII - Fire Rises ---
24. Chapter XXIV - Drawn to the Loadstone Rock ----
Book the Third - the Track of a Storm. 1. Chapter I - In Secret ---
2. Chapter II - The Grindstone ---
3. Chapter III - The Shadow ---
4. Chapter IV - Calm in Storm ---
5. Chapter V - The Wood-sawyer ---
6. Chapter VI - Triumph ---
7. Chapter VII - A Knock at the Door ---
8. Chapter VIII - A Hand at Cards ---
9. Chapter IX - The Game Made ---
10. Chapter X - The Substance of the Shadow ---
11. Chapter XI - Dusk ---
12. Chapter XII - Darkness ---
13. Chapter XIII - Fifty-two ---
14. Chapter XIV - The Knitting Done ---
15. Chapter XV - The Footsteps die out For ever.
Series Title: The Works of Charles Dickens
Responsibility: Charles Dickens.

Abstract:

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"Dickens writes in the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities as he paints a picture of life in England and France. The year is late 1775, and Jarvis Lorry travels from London to Paris on a secret mission for his employer, Tellson's Bank. Joining him on his journey is Lucie Manette, a 17-year-old woman who is stunned to learn that her father, Doctor Alexandre Manette, is alive and has recently been released after having been secretly imprisoned in Paris for 18 years.

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