A Tale of Two Cities
Edition: Third printing
Publisher: Premier Classics
Published: 2010-03
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780307290946
Copyright date: 1993
Description: A TALE OF TWO C/T/ES BEGINS on a muddy English road in an atmosphere charged with mystery and drama, and it ends in the Paris of the French Revolution with one of the most famous acts of self-sacrifice in literature. In between lies one of Charles Dickens's most exciting books—a historical novel that, generation after generation, has given readers access to the profound human dramas that lie behind cataclysmic social and political events. Famous for the character of Sydney Carton, who sacrifices himself upon the guillotine—"lt is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done"—the novel serves as a powerful study of crowd psychology and the dark emotions aroused by the Revolution, while at the same time is an engaging story illuminated by Dickens's lively comedy.