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A Tale of Two Cities (World's Classics)

by Charles Dickens

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Publisher Comments:

Dickens' second historical novel, which he considered "the best story I have written," provides a highly-charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice. Private experience and public history paralled one another as the political activities and personal responsibilities of these fictional characters, during the French Revolution, draw them into the Paris of the Terror.

Synopsis:

Set between 1757 and 1793, "A Tale of Two Cities" views the causes and effects of the Revolution, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are drawn towards the Paris of the Terror, and all become caught up in its web of human suffering and human sacrifice.

Synopsis:

Dickens's classic tale of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and chronicles a starving people who rise in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. This 150th anniversary edition features a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

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About the Author

Andrew Sanders is a lecturer in English at Birkbeck College, London. He is Honorary Editor of The Dickensian, and editor of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackerary, and Sylvia's Lovers by Mrs Gaskell, both in The World's Classics series.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780192833907
Editor:
Sanders, Andrew
Author:
Sanders, Andrew
Author:
null, Charles
Author:
null, Andrew
Author:
Dickens, Charles
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Oxford ;
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
History
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Fathers and daughters
Subject:
Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C
Copyright:
1998
Edition Number:
3
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references p. 523-524.
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Publication Date:
19980625
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
560
Dimensions:
4.9 x 7.5 x 1 in 0.675 lb
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Product details 560 pages Oxford University Press - English 9780192833907 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Set between 1757 and 1793, "A Tale of Two Cities" views the causes and effects of the Revolution, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are drawn towards the Paris of the Terror, and all become caught up in its web of human suffering and human sacrifice.
"Synopsis" by , Dickens's classic tale of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and chronicles a starving people who rise in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. This 150th anniversary edition features a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

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