A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels - Hardcover

Dickens Charles Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613826117 ISBN 13: 9781613826119

Publisher: Simon & Brown, 2011

Synopsis

A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1861) is Charles Dickens' thirteenth novel. It is the second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person. Considered by many to be Dickens's greatest work, this is a timeless story where vindictiveness and guilt clash with love and gratitude. Enriched by a cast of unforgettable characters, from the orphan Pip to the convict Magwitch and the bitter Miss Havisham.

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About the Author

CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM DICKENS (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and the creator of some of the world’s most memorable fictional characters. During his lifetime Dickens’s works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was fully recognized by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to enjoy an enduring popularity among the general reading public.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Brown
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613826117
• ISBN 13: 9781613826119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 962