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A sweeping historical narrative alternates between two major cities, tracing intertwined lives disrupted by social inequality and revolutionary upheaval. It begins with the recovery of a long-suppressed personal history and follows reunited relationships, a perilous trial, and the growth of tender domestic attachments alongside mounting public violence. Themes of resurrection, vengeance, and fate recur as secret pasts and shifting loyalties surface, driving scenes of imprisonment, mob justice, and sacrifice, and culminating in a redemptive act that resolves private bonds amid broader political tumult.

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Title: A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens

Release date: January 1, 1994 [eBook #98]
Most recently updated: March 27, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Judith Boss and David Widger

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES

A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION


By Charles Dickens


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Contents

Book the First—Recalled to Life
CHAPTER I.  The Period
CHAPTER II.  The Mail
CHAPTER III.  The Night Shadows
CHAPTER IV.  The Preparation
CHAPTER V.  The Wine-shop
CHAPTER VI.  The Shoemaker

Book the Second—the Golden Thread
CHAPTER I.  Five Years Later
CHAPTER II.  A Sight
CHAPTER III.  A Disappointment
CHAPTER IV.  Congratulatory
CHAPTER V.  The Jackal
CHAPTER VI.  Hundreds of People
CHAPTER VII.  Monseigneur in Town
CHAPTER VIII.  Monseigneur in the Country
CHAPTER IX.  The Gorgon’s Head
CHAPTER X.  Two Promises
CHAPTER XI.  A Companion Picture
CHAPTER XII.  The Fellow of Delicacy
CHAPTER XIII.  The Fellow of No Delicacy
CHAPTER XIV.  The Honest Tradesman
CHAPTER XV.  Knitting
CHAPTER XVI.  Still Knitting
CHAPTER XVII.  One Night
CHAPTER XVIII.  Nine Days
CHAPTER XIX.  An Opinion
CHAPTER XX.  A Plea
CHAPTER XXI.  Echoing Footsteps
CHAPTER XXII.  The Sea Still Rises
CHAPTER XXIII.    Fire Rises
CHAPTER XXIV.  Drawn to the Loadstone Rock

Book the Third—the Track of a Storm
CHAPTER I.  In Secret
CHAPTER II.  The Grindstone
CHAPTER III.  The Shadow
CHAPTER IV.  Calm in Storm
CHAPTER V.  The Wood-Sawyer
CHAPTER VI.  Triumph
CHAPTER VII.  A Knock at the Door
CHAPTER VIII.  A Hand at Cards
CHAPTER IX.  The Game Made
CHAPTER X.  The Substance of the Shadow
CHAPTER XI.  Dusk
CHAPTER XII.  Darkness
CHAPTER XIII.  Fifty-two
CHAPTER XIV.  The Knitting Done
CHAPTER XV.  The Footsteps Die Out For Ever