A Tale of Two Cities

by Dickens, Charles | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Published 26/04/2012 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of The Penguin English Library series
Paperback | 480 pages
197 x 130 x 22mm | 330g

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer...

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