num_pages: 329
description: Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book here (Andrew Betsis ELT edition), here, here, here and here.Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Senior Lecturer in English, Canterbury Christ Church University College This novel traces the private lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. Dicken's based his historical detail on Carlyle's "The French Revolution", and his own observations and investigations during his numerous visits to Paris.
language: English
title: A Tale of Two Cities
titlecomplete: A Tale of Two Cities
characters: Madame Therese Defarge, Dr. Alexandre Manette, Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette
genres: Historical, Literature, British Literature, Classics, School, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 925292
places: London, England, France, England, Paris
publisher: Wordsworth Editions