num_pages: 382
description: With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." Sydney Carton joins that exalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation -- A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most energetic and exciting works.
language: English
title: A Tale of Two Cities
titlecomplete: A Tale of Two Cities (Bantam Classics)
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: 925179
places: London, England, France, England, Paris
publisher: Bantam