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First line
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was a time of belief, it was a time of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
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.
Details
- Title A Tale of Two Cities
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Date August 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780618031504 / 0618031502
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.64 x 5.64 x 0.59 in (21.95 x 14.33 x 1.50 cm)
- Ages 13 to 17 years
- Grade levels 8 - 12
- Reading level 710
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.83
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