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A Tale of Two Cities

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by Richard Maxwell
Edited by Richard Maxwell
Notes by Richard Maxwell

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by Richard Maxwell
Edited by Richard Maxwell
Notes by Richard Maxwell

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by Richard Maxwell
Edited by Richard Maxwell
Notes by Richard Maxwell

By Charles Dickens
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by Richard Maxwell
Edited by Richard Maxwell
Notes by Richard Maxwell

By Charles Dickens
Read by Ian Richardson

By Charles Dickens
Read by Ian Richardson

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Apr 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780141196909

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    About A Tale of Two Cities

    ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…’

    Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities portrays a world on fire, split between Paris and London during the brutal and bloody events of the French Revolution. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens’s vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne (‘Phiz’). Richard Maxwell’s introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About A Tale of Two Cities

    Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

    About A Tale of Two Cities

    After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

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    About Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

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    Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

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    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction | Military Fiction

    Paperback | $8.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    May 27, 2003 | 544 Pages | ISBN 9780141439600

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Hardcover | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Apr 26, 2011 | 544 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141196909

    Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jun 16, 2005 | 364 Minutes | ISBN 9781429585484
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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

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