A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
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About This Book
Includes an introduction by Sir John Shuckburgh. Novel by Charles Dickens, published both serially and in book form in 1859. The story is set in the late 18th century against the background of the French Revolution. Although Dickens borrowed from Thomas Carlyle's history, The French Revolution, for his sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris, the novel offers more drama than accuracy. The scenes of large-scale mob violence are especially vivid, if superficial in historical understanding. The complex plot involves Sydney Carton's sacrifice of his own life on behalf of his friends Charl...
Chapters (50)
- A TALE OF TWO CITIES
- A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
- Book the First—Recalled to Life
- CHAPTER I. The Period
- CHAPTER II. The Mail
- CHAPTER III. The Night Shadows
- CHAPTER IV. The Preparation
- CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop
- CHAPTER VI. The Shoemaker
- Book the Second—the Golden Thread
- CHAPTER I. Five Years Later
- CHAPTER II. A Sight
- CHAPTER III. A Disappointment
- CHAPTER IV. Congratulatory
- CHAPTER V. The Jackal
- CHAPTER VI. Hundreds of People
- CHAPTER VII. Monseigneur in Town
- CHAPTER VIII. Monseigneur in the Country
- CHAPTER IX. The Gorgon’s Head
- CHAPTER X. Two Promises
- CHAPTER XI. A Companion Picture
- CHAPTER XII. The Fellow of Delicacy
- CHAPTER XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy
- CHAPTER XIV. The Honest Tradesman
- CHAPTER XV. Knitting
- CHAPTER XVI. Still Knitting
- CHAPTER XVII. One Night
- CHAPTER XVIII. Nine Days
- CHAPTER XIX. An Opinion
- CHAPTER XX. A Plea
- CHAPTER XXI. Echoing Footsteps
- CHAPTER XXII. The Sea Still Rises
- CHAPTER XXIII. Fire Rises
- CHAPTER XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
- Book the Third—the Track of a Storm
- CHAPTER I. In Secret
- CHAPTER II. The Grindstone
- CHAPTER III. The Shadow
- CHAPTER IV. Calm in Storm
- CHAPTER V. The Wood-Sawyer
- CHAPTER VI. Triumph
- CHAPTER VII. A Knock at the Door
- CHAPTER VIII. A Hand at Cards
- CHAPTER IX. The Game Made
- CHAPTER X. The Substance of the Shadow
- CHAPTER XI. Dusk
- CHAPTER XII. Darkness
- CHAPTER XIII. Fifty-two
- CHAPTER XIV. The Knitting Done
- CHAPTER XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
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