A Tale of Two Cities
Edition: Abridged edition (7)
Series: Puffin Classics
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780140373363
Copyright date: 1995
First sentence: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
Description: Dickens' stirring tale of love, hope and nobility during the French Revolution.

The epic story of two cities and two men. Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, very different in character, but in love with the same woman. Darnay, who has abandoned the cruelty of the French nobility for London, has to return to Paris during the violent Revolution to rescue his faithful servant from the guillotine. But what part does Carton play in the dramatic events that follow?

This edition has been specially abridged for Puffin Classics
(back cover)
Notes: UK/AUST.CAN/USA