A Tale of Two Cities

by Dickens, Charles; Sanders, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780192833907
• ISBN10: 0192833901
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . ." With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into one of history's most explosive eras-the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel's hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris. One of Dickens's most exciting novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
A Dickens Chronology	p. xxxiv
A Timeline	p. xxxviii
Further Reading	p. xli
A Note on the Text	p. xlviii
A Tale of two Cities	p. 1
On the Illustrations	p. 391
Dedication and Preface to First Volume Edition	p. 397
Dickens and His Sources	p. 399
Running Titles Added in 1867-8	p. 444
Notes	p. 448
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