A Tale of Two Cities
Originally published in 1859
This edition
Language: English45 chapters
Source: Project GutenbergIdentifier: 98
Synopsis
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, serialized weekly in 1859 in his own periodical, All the Year Round. Set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, it opens with one of the most famous lines in literature: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years of imprisonment and reunited with his daughter Lucie, whom he had never met. Around them move Charles Darnay, a man with ties to a noble French family, and Sydney Carton, a disillusioned barrister who looks strikingly like him, while in a Paris on the brink of upheaval the Defarges, keepers of a wine shop, feed the coming revolution. Resurrection, doubles and sacrifice are its great themes.
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01CHAPTER I. The Period02CHAPTER II. The Mail03CHAPTER III. The Night Shadows04CHAPTER IV. The Preparation05CHAPTER V. The Wine-shop06CHAPTER VI. The Shoemaker07CHAPTER I. Five Years Later08CHAPTER II. A Sight09CHAPTER III. A Disappointment10CHAPTER IV. Congratulatory11CHAPTER V. The Jackal12CHAPTER VI. Hundreds of People13CHAPTER VII. Monseigneur in Town14CHAPTER VIII. Monseigneur in the Country15CHAPTER IX. The Gorgon’s Head16CHAPTER X. Two Promises17CHAPTER XI. A Companion Picture18CHAPTER XII. The Fellow of Delicacy19CHAPTER XIII. The Fellow of No Delicacy20CHAPTER XIV. The Honest Tradesman21CHAPTER XV. Knitting22CHAPTER XVI. Still Knitting23CHAPTER XVII. One Night24CHAPTER XVIII. Nine Days25CHAPTER XIX. An Opinion26CHAPTER XX. A Plea27CHAPTER XXI. Echoing Footsteps28CHAPTER XXII. The Sea Still Rises29CHAPTER XXIII. Fire Rises30CHAPTER XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock31CHAPTER I. In Secret32CHAPTER II. The Grindstone33CHAPTER III. The Shadow34CHAPTER IV. Calm in Storm35CHAPTER V. The Wood-Sawyer36CHAPTER VI. Triumph37CHAPTER VII. A Knock at the Door38CHAPTER VIII. A Hand at Cards39CHAPTER IX. The Game Made40CHAPTER X. The Substance of the Shadow41CHAPTER XI. Dusk42CHAPTER XII. Darkness43CHAPTER XIII. Fifty-two44CHAPTER XIV. The Knitting Done45CHAPTER XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever