A Tale of Two Cities
By: Charles Dickens ; with an introduction and notes by Gillen D'Arcy Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Gillen D'Arcy.
Series: Barnes & Noble classics
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9781593080556
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: French -- England -- London -- Fiction; Executions and executioners -- Fiction; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Political refugees -- Fiction; Lookalikes -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times .. e" With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history's most explosive eras—the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel's hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris.

One of Dickens's most exciting novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection.