A Tale of Two Cities
By: Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell.
Contributors: Maxwell, Richard, 1948-
Edition: 14th printing
Series: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780141439600
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: French -- England -- London -- Fiction; Executions and executioners -- Fiction; Fathers and daughters -- Fiction; Lookalikes -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There, two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil lanes of London, they are all drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror and soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy.

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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xli-xlvii).
Includes updated editorial material, revised Dickens Chronology and new appendix.
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