Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities is one of Charles Dickens's most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial by the aristocratic authorities. Finally released, he is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, who despite her French ancestry has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, another expatriate, who has abandoned wealth and a title in France because of his political convictions. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant, but there he is arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations. His wife, Lucie, their young daughter, and her aged father follow him across the Channel, thus putting all their lives in danger. The handsome volumes in The Collectors Library present great works of world literature in a handy hardback format. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in real cloth, each complete and unabridged volume has a specially commissioned afterword, brief biography of the author and a further-reading list. This easily accessible series offers readers the perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, some of the world's most endearing literary works. The volumes in The Collector's Library are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasureLeigh WeaverGreat book
Insights into Charles DickensBook 1Recalled to LifeChapter 1The Period16Chapter 2The Mail20Chapter 3The Night Shadows (Summary)27Chapter 4The Preparation28Chapter 5The Wine-Shop41Chapter 6The Shoemaker53Book 2The Golden ThreadChapter 1Five Years Later (Summary)67Chapter 2A Sight69Chapter 3A Disappointment77Chapter 4Congratulatory (Summary)92Chapter 5The Jackal94Chapter 6Hundreds of People (Summary)101Chapter 7Monseigneur in Town (Summary)103Chapter 8Monseigneur in the Country (Summary)104Chapter 9The Gorgon's Head105Chapter 10Two Promises119Chapter 11A Companion Picture (Summary)127Chapter 12The Fellow of Delicacy (Summary)128Chapter 13The Fellow of No Delicacy129Chapter 14The Honest Tradesman134Chapter 15Knitting145Chapter 16Still Knitting157Chapter 17One Night (Summary)169Chapter 18Nine Days170Chapter 19An Opinion177Chapter 20A Plea (Summary)185Chapter 21Echoing Footsteps186Chapter 22The Sea Still Rises199Chapter 23Fire Rises (Summary)205Chapter 24Drawn to the Loadstone Rock207Book 3The Track of A StormChapter 1In Secret221Chapter 2The Grindstone (Summary)234Chapter 3The Shadow236Chapter 4Calm in Storm (Summary)242Chapter 5The Wood-Sawyer (Summary)244Chapter 6Triumph246Chapter 7A Knock at the Door (Summary)254Chapter 8A Hand at Cards255Chapter 9The Game Made268Chapter 10The Substance of the Shadow283Chapter 11Dusk (Summary)298Chapter 12Darkness299Chapter 13Fifty-Two308Chapter 14The Knitting Done321Chapter 15The Footsteps Die Out Forever334
