A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with …
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A Tale of Two Cities is an 1859 historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Dickens' best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is claimed to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to have an influence on popular culture.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 21007061
- BNF ID:
- 121143327
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A tale of two cities
Paperback, 293 pages
English language
Published July 15, 1998 by Dover Publications.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-486-40651-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 40395977
- Goodreads:
- 75438428
A Tale of Two Cities
Paperback, 410 pages
English language
Published Sept. 29, 1970 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-043054-7Copied ISBN!
A Tale of Two Cities
397 pages
English language
Published Feb. 6, 2007
- ISBN:
- 978-0-451-53057-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 135625
A Tale of Two Cities
489 pages
English language
Published 2003
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-143960-0Copied ISBN!
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- 1953
Tale of Two Cities (Enriched Classic )
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1989
- ISBN:
- 978-0-671-69583-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 3786139
A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated by Harvey Dunn with introductions by G. K. Chesterton, Andrew Lang, and Edwin Percy Whipple)
English language
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4209-5176-9Copied ISBN!
A Tale of Two Cities
English language
Published 2014 by Oxford University Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-953623-8Copied ISBN!
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