A Tale of Two Cities
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Charles Dickens
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Charles Dickens' classic novel tells the story of two Englishmen--degenerate lawyer Sydney Carton and aristocrat Charles Darnay--who fall in love with the same woman in the midst of the French Revolution's blood and terror. Originally published as 31 weekly instalments,A Tale of Two Cities has been adapted several times for film, serves as a rite of passage for many students, and is one of the most famous novels ever published. This is a free digital copy of a book that has been carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. To make this print edition available as an ebook, we have extracted the text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and submitted it to a review process to ensure its accuracy and legibility across different screen sizes and devices. Google is proud to partner with libraries to make this book available to readers everywhere.
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Author
Charles Dickens
Pages
324
Publisher
James Nisbet & Company, Limited
Published Date
1902
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This was my second time reading through this book and it is still one of my all-time favorites. I would recommend reading on or two chapters at a time and then reading a short summary and analysis. Not only does this help with all the strong symbolism, foreshadowing, and allusions that Dickens makes, it also adds enjoyment to the reading. This book has one of the most satisfying and dissatisfying endings of all time. Each character has depth, especially Lucie. I even look forward to reading this again soon. My favorite quote is found in Book 2, Chapter 13. This classic gets a 5/5 from me."
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Olivia Denning
"It is very interesting, beautiful, and obviously well written since its a dickens book, but i could hardly understand the story without reading the spark notes with it and i struggled with my assessments on it in school 🥲"
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"4.5 stars - There is so much exposition in this book before things start to pick up; however, I enjoyed even the slower chapters. A Tale of Two Cities didn’t even feel very long because it was so fun to read. Sydney Carton is a ******* KING and I will go down swinging for that man."
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Alyssa Czernek
"I was that weird kid that loved almost all of my required readings. This is a classic and I feel like it would surprise a lot of people. "
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"I absolutely ADORED this book. This was the first time I'd read anything by Dickens, and I was not expecting to like it because normally long descriptions drive me crazy. The plot, characters, even Dickens's style were all amazing. The ending made me want to bawl."
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Kyrie Law
"Beautiful ending. Carton deserved better though"
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Rosalie
"This is definitely one of my favorite books of all time. "
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Natalie Hamilton
"I read this in 8th grade. Also saw the movie in class"
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Melissa Lewis
"Love Dickens!!!"
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Gary Munn
"If your really into historical books, Charles dickens uses the French Revolution as a way to expose the dark and light sides of human character, nature of justice, religion and politics in society. "
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