A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Classics

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . ." With these famous words,Charles Dickensplunges the reader into one of history's most explosive erasthe French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the novel's hero, Sydney Carton, a lazy, alcoholic attorney who, inspired by a woman, makes the supreme sacrifice on the bloodstained streets of Paris. One of Dickens's most exciting novels,A Tale of Two Citiesis a stirring classic of love, revenge, and resurrection.

Gillen D’Arcy Wood received his Ph.D in English from Columbia University in 2000 and is currently an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760–1860.

Preface to the First Edition
Recalled to Life
The Period	p. 11
The Mail	p. 13
The Night Shadows	p. 16
The Preparation	p. 19
The Wine-Shop	p. 27
The Shoemaker	p. 34
The Golden Thread
Five Years Later	p. 45
A Sight	p. 49
A Disappointment	p. 53
Congratulatory	p. 62
The Jackal	p. 66
Hundreds of People	p. 70
Monseigneur in Town	p. 78
Moneigneur in the Country	p. 84
The Gorgon's Head	p. 88
Two Promises	p. 95
A Companion Picture	p. 100
The Fellow of Delicacy	p. 103
The Fellow of No Delicacy	p. 107
The Honest Tradesman	p. 111
Knitting	p. 118
Still Knitting	p. 125
One Night	p. 132
Nine Days	p. 136
An Opinion	p. 140
A Plea	p. 145
Echoing Footsteps	p. 147
The Sea Still Rises	p. 155
Fire Rises	p. 158
Drawn to the Loadstone Rock	p. 163
The Track of a Storm	p. 175
In Secret	p. 175
The Grindstone	p. 183
The Shadow	p. 187
Calm in Storm	p. 190
The Wood-Sawyer	p. 194
Triumph	p. 198
A Knock at the Door	p. 202
A Hand at Cards	p. 206
The Game Made	p. 214
The Substance of the Shadow	p. 222
Dusk	p. 232
Darkness	p. 234
Fifty-two	p. 240
The Knitting Done	p. 247
The Footsteps Die Out For Ever	p. 255
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A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

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