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A Tale of Two Cities
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Hardback Flame Tree Collectable Classics English
By (author) Charles Dickens , Contributions by Judith John


Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.


A complex and profound book, The Tale of Two Cities explores the consequences of tyranny, fate and self-sacrifice. With much of the narrative played out in Paris, during the French Revolution Dickens examines the interplay between personal action, and the flow of history. Dr Manette, having travelled to Paris finds himself imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 brutal years, unable to see his kind and loving daughter Lucy. On his eventual return to London the two of them become witnesses in a treason case against Charles Darney who is accused of giving secrets to the French. Lucy finds a way of exonerating him, Darney falls in love with her and by some strange twist of fate he finally reveals the terrible secret that his own uncle was responsible for Manettes years in the Bastille. Manette is shocked but eventually persuaded by Darneys sincerity and true love for this daughter, so he allows them to marry, bringing happiness finally to them all.


Product details

Format Hardback | 512 pages
Dimensions 93 x 150 x 26mm | 249.48g
Publication date 13 Sep 2019
Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition New edition
Edition Statement New edition
ISBN10 1787557030
ISBN13 9781787557031
Bestsellers rank 659,242