A Tale of Two Cities
Publisher: Mandarin
Published: 1991
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780749307516
Copyright date: 1991
Subjects: British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author); France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, fiction; London (england), fiction; Paris (france), fiction; Fathers and daughters, fiction; Fiction, historical
Description: "And of the story itself? In some ways a dark one, filled with images of horror and destruction, of dirt and disease, of imprisonment and violent death... This is a world of enormous shadows, of the setting sun, of night; the only illumination occurs in the glare of the French Revolution itself, as if the only alternative to the darkness of despair lies in the rage and destructiveness of that event."

From Dickens by Peter Ackroyd