A Tale of Two Cities
Author:
Charles Dickens
Publisher:
Penguin Books
ISBN:
9780141199702
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Format:
Paperback
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Publishing Date:
2012
Number of Pages:
468
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Language:
English
Condition:
New
'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'
Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos, two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer...