A tale of two cities, Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell
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Label
A tale of two cities, Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. xli-xlvii)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
A tale of two cities
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
50937084
Responsibility statement
Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell
Series statement
Penguin classics
Summary
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of 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 roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they 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
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Dickens chronology -- Timeline -- Further reading -- Note on the text -- Tale of two cities