About this book
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is a historical novel published in 1859. Set in London and Paris during the tumultuous French Revolution, it follows Dr. Alexandre Manette after his mysterious 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with his daughter Lucie. Their lives become entangled with a French aristocrat fleeing his heritage and a dissolute English lawyer who harbors secret devotion. Against the backdrop of revolutionary terror and violence, personal sacrifices and hidden connections shape their intertwined fates.
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Details
- Author
- Charles Dickens, 1812–1870
- Written
- 1859
- Form
- Historical novel
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Historical Novels, Classics of Literature, British Literature
- Reading level
- Fairly easy to read
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- 1 January 1994, on Project Gutenberg
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