Tale of Two Cities (Prometheus Classics)

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Tale of Two Cities (Prometheus Classics)

Classic fiction: general and literary

Author: Charles Dickens

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Language: English

Published by: Prometheus Classics

Published on: 11th October 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9782378075026


This work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable.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. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the brutal oppression of the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events, most notably Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay''s wife, Lucie Manette.

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