A Tale of Two Cities

by Dickens, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780486406510
• ISBN10: 0486406512
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-31
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

Author Biography

After a childhood blighted by poverty, commercial success came early to Charles Dickens (1812-70). By the age of 24, he was an international sensation whose new novels were eagerly anticipated. Two centuries later, Dickens' popularity endures as readers revel in the warm humanity and rollicking humor of his tales of self-discovery.

Table of Contents

Recalled to Life
The Period	p. 1
The Mail	p. 3
The Night Shadows	p. 8
The Preparation	p. 11
The Wine-shop	p. 20
The Shoemaker	p. 29
The Golden Thread
Five Years Later	p. 38
A Sight	p. 43
A Disappointment	p. 48
Congratulatory	p. 59
The Jackal	p. 64
Hundreds of People	p. 69
Monseigneur in Town	p. 79
Monseigneur in the Country	p. 86
The Gorgon's Head	p. 90
Two Promises	p. 99
A Companion Picture	p. 105
The Fellow of Delicacy	p. 108
The Fellow of No Delicacy	p. 114
The Honest Tradesman	p. 117
Knitting	p. 126
Still Knitting	p. 135
One Night	p. 143
Nine Days	p. 147
An Opinion	p. 152
A Plea	p. 158
Echoing Footsteps	p. 161
The Sea Still Rises	p. 170
Fire Rises	p. 174
Drawn to the Loadstone Rock	p. 180
The Track of a Storm
In Secret	p. 190
The Grindstone	p. 199
The Shadow	p. 204
Calm in Storm	p. 208
The Wood-sawyer	p. 213
Triumph	p. 217
A Knock at the Door	p. 223
A Hand at Cards	p. 227
The Game Made	p. 237
The Substance of the Shadow	p. 247
Dusk	p. 259
Darkness	p. 262
Fifty-two	p. 269
The Knitting Done	p. 278
The Footsteps Die Out for Ever	p. 288
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