A Tale of Two Cities (1973)

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A Tale of Two Cities (1973)
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A Tale of Two Cities (1973)

Charles Dickens
Edition year 1973
Binding Cloth
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 329
Dimensions 22.7 × 15 cm

Edition details

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. A photolithographic reprint of the 1952 edition. Bound in red cloth decorated in gold. Pink endleaves. Transparent plastic dust-jacket. 329pp. 22.7x15cm. Folio Press and J.M. Dent

About the book

Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The story follows Charles Darnay, a French aristocrat who rejects his family's oppressive heritage, and Sydney Carton, a brilliant but disillusioned English lawyer whose life becomes deeply connected with Darnay and Lucie Manette. As revolutionary violence consumes France, the characters are drawn into events involving imprisonment, vengeance and sacrifice. Dickens combines historical drama with romance and suspense, exploring injustice, resurrection, loyalty and the destructive consequences of social oppression.

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