A Tale of Two Cities Book | 9789394791206 ISBN, Prints Publications

A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Prints Publications Pvt Ltd

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Publisher	Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
Publication Year	2023
ISBN-13	9789394791206
Binding	Paper back
Number of Pages	377 Pages
Language	English
Edition	1st
Dimension (Inches)	5.5"*8.5"
Weight (Grams)	490
Subject	Classic Fiction
Category	Fiction

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.The year was 1775 and Lucie Manette, a young self- sacrificing orphan, realised she had been living a lie. Her father, Doctor Manette, whom she had taken for dead was, in fact, alive. The self-exiled nephew of the Marquis Evremonde, Charles Darnay was accused of treason in 1780, Madame Defarge, a victim of the French aristocracy, stitched a hidden registry of those condemned to die and Sydney Carton, the brilliant yet dissolute alcoholic English lawyer in love with Lucie, were all battling the social ills that had besieged France and England, from the serene lanes of London, they were drawn against their will to the bloodstained streets of Paris at the peak of the Reign of Terror and soon the guillotine cast a lethal shadow over their lives. Originally published in 1859, in weekly instalments in All the Year Round, a British weekly literary magazine, A Tale of Two Cities is a masterpiece which captures the reader’s imagination through its haunting narrative of the French Revolution. A firm believer in the virtues of resurrection and transformation, Charles Dickens presents a moving account of sacrifice and redemption through his best-known work of historical fiction.

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was one of the most popular English writers of all time. He created some of the world’s most well-known fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. Born in Portsmouth, England, on 7 February 1812, his early childhood experiences were much like those depicted in his novel—David Copperfield. He published his first novel, Oliver Twist, in 1837. it was followed by Nicholas Nickleby (1838) and the Old Curiosity Shop (1841). A Christmas Carol (1843) is the most popular perhaps of all his works. in 1859, he published a Tale of Two Cities, his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens suffered a stroke and died on 9 June 1870, aged 58.

CONTENTS
BOOK THE FIRST: RECALLED TO LIFE	7
I. The Period	9
II. The Mail	12
III. The Night Shadows	18
IV. The Preparation	23
V. The Wine-shop	34
VI. The Shoemaker	45
BOOK THE SECOND: THE GOLDEN THREAD	56
I. Five Years Later	57
II. A Sight	63
III. A Disappointment.	70
IV. Congratulatory	84
V. The Jackal	90
VI. Hundreds of People	96
VII. Monseigneur in Town	108
VIII. Monseigneur in the Country	117
IX. The Gorgon’s Head.	122
X. Two Promises	133
XI. A Companion Picture	141
XII. The Fellow of Delicacy	145
XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy	152
XIV. The Honest Tradesman	157
XV. Knitting	167
XVI. Still Knitting	178
XVI. Still Knitting	189
XVI. Still Knitting	194
XIX. An Opinion	200
XX. A Plea..	208
XXI. Echoing Footsteps	212
XXII. The Sea Still Rises	223
XXIII. Fire Rises	229
XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock	236
BOOK THE THIRD: THE TRACK OF A STORM	247
I. In Secret	248
II. The Grindstone	260
III. The Shadow	266
IV. Calm in Storm	271
V. The Wood-Sawyer	276
VI. Triumph	282
VII. A Knock at the Door	289
VIII. A Hand at Cards	295
IX. The Game Made	308
X. The Substance of the Shadow	320
XI. Dusk	334
XII. Darkness.	339
XIII. Fifty-two	348
XIV. The Knitting Done	360
XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever	372