A Tale of Two Cities

In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer...

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

''Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!''

Described by Dickens as ''the best story I have written'', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer...

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• | Author: Charles Dickens
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780141199702
• | ISBN-10: 0141199709