A Tale of Two Cities (Alma Classics Evergreens): Charles Dickens: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens) - Softcover

Charles Dickens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847496601 ISBN 13: 9781847496607

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2017

Synopsis

As the Revolution is still raging in France, in London the barrister Sydney Carton and the exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay find themselves rivals for the affections of Lucie Manette, the daughter of a political prisoner who was released from the Bastille and moved to the English capital. Through a chain of events, they both end up in Paris, where they are caught up in the anarchic forces of the Terror and find themselves facing the looming threat of the guillotine. Representing a departure from the social satire of most of his other novels and deemed by Dickens himself to be 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities is a powerful historical novel about the repercussions of major world events on the personal lives of people on both sides of the Channel.

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About the Author

A literary phenomenon in his lifetime and renowned as much for his journalism and public speaking as for his novels, Charles Dickens (1812-70) now ranks as the most important Victorian writer and one of the most influential and popular authors in the English language. His memorable and vividly rendered characters and his combination of humour, trenchant satire and compassion have left an indelible mark.

From the Back Cover

As the Revolution is still raging in France, in London the barrister Sydney Carton and the exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay find themselves rivals for the affections of Lucie Manette, the daughter of a political prisoner who was released from the Bastille and moved to the English capital. Through a chain of events, they both end up in Paris, where they are caught up in the anarchic forces of the Terror and find themselves facing the looming threat of the guillotine.

Representing a departure from the social satire of most of his other novels and deemed by Dickens himself to be “the best story I have written”, A Tale of Two Cities is a powerful historical novel about the repercussions of major world events on the personal lives of people on both sides of the Channel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847496601
• ISBN 13: 9781847496607
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448