A Tale of Two Cities: A Story of the French Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 1495363775
- ISBN-13
- 9781495363771
- Series
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Category
- History / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence
- Pages
- 274
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1859
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Pub
- Author
- Charles Dickens
Description
The year is 1775, and social ills plague both France and England. Jerry Cruncher, an odd-job man who works for Tellson's Bank, stops the Dover mail-coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry. The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman, and Lorry responds with the cryptic words, “Recalled to Life.” At Dover, Lorry is met by Lucie Manette, a young orphan whose father, a once-eminent doctor whom she supposed dead, has been discovered in France. Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris, where they meet Defarge, a former servant of Doctor Manette, who has kept Manette safe in a garret. Driven mad by eighteen years in the Bastille, Manette spends all of his time making shoes, a hobby he learned while in prison. Lorry assures Lucie that her love and devotion can recall her father to life, and indeed they do.
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