A Tale of Two Cities

Name: A Tale of Two Cities
Price: 8.09 USD
Availability: BackOrder
ISBN: 9780141325545

By: Charles Dickens

Product Description

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

A story of redemption set during the turbulent days of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens' most serious works.

520 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Collector's Library Edition. Gold gilded edges with ribbon marker. 6.25" x 4".

Product Information

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Title: A Tale of Two Cities
By: Charles Dickens
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 445
Vendor: Puffin Books
Publication Date: 2009
Dimensions: 6.9 X 5.00 X 1.2 (inches)

Weight: 12 ounces
ISBN: 0141325542
ISBN-13: 9780141325545
Ages: 8-12
Series: Puffin Classics
Stock No: WW325545

Publisher's Description

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Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Paris to rescue his servant from death. But he endangers his own life and is captured. Carton may be able to help, but will his resemblance be enough to save Darnay's life? With an enticing introduction by bestselling author, Roddy Doyle.

Author Bio

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Charles Dickens (1812-70) is one of the most recognized celebrities of English literature. His many books include Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol.

Editorial Reviews

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"[A Tale of Two Cities] has the best of Dickens and the worst of Dickens: a dark, driven opening, and a celestial but melodramatic ending; a terrifyingly demonic villainess and (even by Dickens’ standards) an impossibly angelic heroine. Though its version of the French Revolution is brutally simplified, its engagement with the immense moral themes of rebirth and terror, justice, and sacrifice gets right to the heart of the matter…for every reader in the past hundred and forty years and for hundreds to come, it is an unforgettable ride."—from the Everyman's Library introduction by Simon Schama