A Tale of Two Cities: Abridged Edition Paperback - 2009
by Charles Dickens; Introduction by Roddy Doyle
The epic story of two cities and two men. Charles Darnay and SydneyCarton are alike in appearance, very different in character, but inlove with the same woman. Darnay, who has abandoned the crueltyof the French nobility for London, has to return to Paris during theviolent Revolution to rescue his faithful servant from the guillotine.But what part does Carton play in the dramatic events that follow?
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Summary
From the rear cover
A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author's novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes - imprisonment, injustice, and social anarchy, resurrection and the renunciation that fosters renewal.
First Edition Identification
A Tale of Two Cities was first published in 31 weekly installments in a journal called All the Year Round between April and November of 1859, and published in a book form in the same year. The publisher of the first book edition was Chapman and Hall, based in London. Original illustrations were done by H. K. Browne on 16 plates inserted into the book. The first edition is a hardcover, octavo book with maroon cloth covers. However, some first editions have had the binding refurbished. A key way to identify first editions of A Tale of Two Cities is that page 213 is misnumbered as “113.” Additionally, affectionately is misspelled as “affetcionately” on line 12, page 134. Finally, the signature “b” is present on the list of plate illustrations.
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- Title A Tale of Two Cities: Abridged Edition
- Author Charles Dickens; Introduction by Roddy Doyle
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, UK
- Date 2009-03-05
- Abridged Yes
- Features Abridged, Glossary, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780141325545 / 0141325542
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 6.9 x 5 x 1.2 in (17.53 x 12.70 x 3.05 cm)
- Ages 10 to UP years
- Grade levels 5 - UP
- Reading level 1130
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Catalog Heading: Classics
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: French
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, War stories
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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