Tale of Two Cities, A by DICKENS, Charles
Summary: A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it is among the most famous works of fiction. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated British barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
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Bk1 Ch05 - The Wine Shop
Bk1 Ch06 - The Shoemaker
Bk2 Ch01 - Five Years Later
Bk2 Ch02 - A Sight
Bk2 Ch03 - A Disappointment
Bk2 Ch04 - Congratulatory
Bk2 Ch05 - The Jackal
Bk2 Ch06 - Hundreds of People
Bk2 Ch07 - Monseigneur in Town
Bk2 Ch08 - Monseigneur in the Country
Bk2 Ch09 - The Gorgon's Head