The classic novel tells the story of Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, Sydney Carton, and others. The narrative is split between Paris and London in the time leading up to the French Revolution (1789-1799). Dickens uses the story as a vehicle to portray the social inequities and injustices that the French peasantry faced at the hands of the aristocracy, which ultimately led to the Revolution. This bilingual edition is designed to assist those learning French. The English text appears on the left-hand pages of the book, with the corresponding French on the right-hand pages.
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the second historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
An overview of the work features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work.
A Tale of Two Cities ': An Annotated Bibliography , Garland , New York and London 1993 Andrew Sanders , The Companion to ' A Tale of Two Cities ' , Unwin Hyman , London 1988 The following books and essays all have a direct relevance to ...
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Presents the grim tale of the people who were caught up in the wave of violence and murder which marked the French Revolution.
But what part does Carton play in the dramatic events that follow? This edition has been specially abridged for Puffin Classics.
This novel tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality.
The text of the novel is based on the first edition published by Chapman and Hall (1859) and reproduces the original illustrations. The text is accompanied by explanatory footnotes and a note on the text and illustrations.
This volume explores the novel from various deliberately diverse perspectives, setting it in historical, critical, and aesthetic contexts and examining how its impact has been kept alive to the present day.