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" A tale of two cities / "
Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell.
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BL
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966672
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b721042
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| Main Entry
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Dickens, Charles,1812-1870
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A tale of two cities /\ Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard Maxwell.
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| Publication Statement
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London, England ;New York, New York :: Penguin Books,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Penguin classics
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lii, 488 pages :: illustrations ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0141196904
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: 0141439602
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: 9780141196909
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: 9780141439600
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| Notes
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Includes updated editorial material, revised Dickens Chronology and new appendix.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xli-xlvii).
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| Contents
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Introduction -- A Dickens chronology -- A timeline -- Further reading -- A note on the text -- A tale of two cities -- Appendix I. On the illustrations -- Appendix II. Dedication and preface to first volume edition -- Appendix III. Dickens and his sources -- Appendix IV. Running titles added in 1867-8.
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After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy.
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Executions and executioners, Fiction.
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Fathers and daughters, Fiction.
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French fiction-- England-- London.
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Lookalikes, Fiction.
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Executions and executioners, Fiction.
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Fathers and daughters, Fiction.
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Lookalikes, Fiction.
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Executions and executioners.
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Fathers and daughters.
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French fiction.
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Lookalikes.
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France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Fiction.
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London (England), History, 18th century, Fiction.
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Paris (France), History, 1789-1799, Fiction.
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France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Fiction.
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London (England), History, 18th century, Fiction.
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Paris (France), History, 1789-1799, Fiction.
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England, London.
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France, Paris.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.8
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| LC Classification
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PR4571.A2M39 2003
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FictionD548t 2003
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| Added Entry
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Maxwell, Richard,1948-2010
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