A Tale of Two Cities
- ISBN-10
- 1720496765
- ISBN-13
- 9781720496762
- Series
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-05-30
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Charles Dickens
Description
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met; Lucie's marriage and the collision between her husband and the people who caused her father's imprisonment; and Monsieur and Madame Defarge, sellers of wine in a poor suburb of Paris. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. The historical novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens became paradigmatic. It is confirmed that with the circulation of 200 million of book, it is not only the most popular work by the author in English speaking countries, but also the main bestseller in the history of the English prose. Notable works by Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist Nicholas Nickleby A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Little Dorrit A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations
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