when was a tale of two cities published
While performing in The Frozen Deep, Dickens was given a play to read called The Dead Heart by Watts Phillips which had the historical setting, the basic storyline, and the climax that Dickens used in A Tale of Two Cities. For other uses, see A Tale of Two Cities (disambiguation). A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.