A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
ISBN: 0451526562
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Publisher/ Date: New American Library / 08-1997
Format: Paperback

Synopsis: The storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade - this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in this famous work. With dramtic eloquence, he brings to life a time of terror and treason, a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime. With insight and compassion, he casts his novel of unforgettable scenes with unforgettable characters: the sinister Madame Defarge, knitting her patterns of death; the gentle Lucie Manette, unswerving in her devotion to her broken father; the heroic Sydney Carton who gives his life for the love of a woman who would never be is

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